It worries/amazes me that along with all the nostalgia that this thread has brought up, it's made me realize I can still remember parts of my 28.8k modem's init

It worries/amazes me that along with all the nostalgia that this thread has brought up, it's made me realize I can still remember parts of my 28.8k modem's initialization string. AT&F&C1&D2 from memory. Reading someone else's post about the Apple Cat II just reminded me of the sheer joy of experimentation at the time. While what we have now was what we were ultimately striving for and would have switched to in a heartbeat, I'm glad for the experience I gained at the time. And I didn't know better so I still loved it :) I just want to know how I got my first BBS numbers - I was visiting NZ when I got my first modem, and somehow got hold of some local numbers and then found other BBSes from there... but how did I get the first one?