wow I feel bad for that guy! nt (Reply #52)

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Fri Dec 15, 2017, 04:11 PM

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I remember the Internet back in the early 1990s. [View all]	TygrBright	Dec 2017	OP
I remember those Prodigy discussion groups!	kentuck	Dec 2017	#1
Yeah, *P was where the cool kids hung... LOL... n/t	TygrBright	Dec 2017	#3
Once again, going BACKWARD...to Make America Great Again.	Atman	Dec 2017	#2
Those who won't learn from history... n/t	TygrBright	Dec 2017	#4
We can always use teletypes again!!! I used to use them to load small programs into mainframes. n/t	RKP5637	Dec 2017	#30
I think you mean punch cards	infullview	Dec 2017	#50
Nope, punched tapes with programs loaded into a teletype tied into the mainframe. The	RKP5637	Dec 2017	#53
Blast from the past	Clarity2	Dec 2017	#5
You could do online shopping on Compuserve	DBoon	Dec 2017	#6
Yeah, *P had online shopping basic and premium. n/t	TygrBright	Dec 2017	#7
My wife and I met through a Prodigy singles ad.	trackfan	Dec 2017	#8
I Was There, Too!	Leith	Dec 2017	#9
I was on GEnie and Delphi.	hunter	Dec 2017	#10
Yep, I still have a legacy AOL account, too.	TygrBright	Dec 2017	#12
I still have a legacy AOL email acccount too	steve2470	Dec 2017	#17
You are a true nerd's nerd, I worship you haha	steve2470	Dec 2017	#19
I remember those horrible AOL per minute charges shudder the bad old days	steve2470	Dec 2017	#11
I used GEnie and Compuserve	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#13
I never knew about GEnie but I used Compuserve briefly	steve2470	Dec 2017	#15
I used Compuserve until about 2000.	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#18
Right. While I don't miss the prices, I miss the excitement so much! I trhought I was the only one	lunamagica	Dec 2017	#21
me too, it was very exciting! nt	steve2470	Dec 2017	#25
You're never the only one.	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#26
It opened a whole new world. It was a fantastic feeling. But I thoulght I was the only one for whom	lunamagica	Dec 2017	#29
Then you probably read some of my articles in PC World.	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#32
I'm sure I did!	lunamagica	Dec 2017	#33
I probably did too!	blaze	Dec 2017	#38
Compuserve had tons of discussion forums.	MineralMan	Dec 2017	#39
My Dad (and I'm 63) was a SYSOP	blaze	Dec 2017	#47
Yep. Prepare for a comeback.	TygrBright	Dec 2017	#14
yes it will	steve2470	Dec 2017	#16
... guess we'll have to go back to shortwave radio, all become hams, and hope they don't jam the	RKP5637	Dec 2017	#34
I remember how expensive AOL and CompuServe were	lunamagica	Dec 2017	#20
Neither Prodigy, Compuserv, AOL, nor GEnie started out as part of the internet	FarCenter	Dec 2017	#22
CompuServe was the place for tech support	csziggy	Dec 2017	#23
I used that program too! I remember how excited I was when I logged on	lunamagica	Dec 2017	#31
TAPCIS was certainly a wonderfu program back in those days	csziggy	Dec 2017	#35
I was a TAPCIS user too!	blaze	Dec 2017	#41
I think I was up to 1200 baud by the time we started with TAPCIS	csziggy	Dec 2017	#44
This is still one of my favorite	RandomAccess	Dec 2017	#61
I remember putting the phone handset on the cradle	Egnever	Dec 2017	#24
I also remember	pecosbob	Dec 2017	#27
Maybe we can go back to the ARPANET! I used to use with with Telnet in the 70's , a terminal,	RKP5637	Dec 2017	#28
haha I would have to learn some things :) nt	steve2470	Dec 2017	#36
LOL! Like always keep a tube tester handy when working on an ENIAC computer with 18,000 tubes! Yep!	RKP5637	Dec 2017	#51
wow I feel bad for that guy! nt	steve2470	Dec 2017	#52
Imagine how hot it got in there. One problem was enough cooling so solder joints did not melt!!! n/t	RKP5637	Dec 2017	#54
wow...more feelings for the poor guy! job security I guess nt	steve2470	Dec 2017	#58
Marty! We're going Back! To the Usenet!	JHB	Dec 2017	#37
None of those were the "internet"	fescuerescue	Dec 2017	#40
Back then it looked like Freepville's website looks today.	lpbk2713	Dec 2017	#42
Oh my. The 'Good Old Days'	Stonepounder	Dec 2017	#43
I remember ZORK!	NewJeffCT	Dec 2017	#46
I remember when Prodigy started charging on a per email basis	NewJeffCT	Dec 2017	#45
We had a Leading Edge computer	Marthe48	Dec 2017	#48
I guess we could go back to dial up bulletin boards.	Kablooie	Dec 2017	#49
K&R	stonecutter357	Dec 2017	#55
I used compuserve in the early days	Mosby	Dec 2017	#56
Remember how terrible the Internet was in 2015, before "net neutrality"?	PoliticAverse	Dec 2017	#57
I still use my CompuServe email address.	Basic LA	Dec 2017	#59
Ever wonder why that pricing structure didn't survive?	brooklynite	Dec 2017	#60
Netcom!	kwassa	Dec 2017	#62
Hand In the Air: Veteran of more than a few $400 months on AOL.	Stinky The Clown	Dec 2017	#63
What I expect from Ajit-Net	ThoughtCriminal	Dec 2017	#64

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