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Old 05-09-2009   #11
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Default Re: Damn! It's been 15 years!

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Originally Posted by EmporerEJ View Post
Oh, the days of the one line /modem and the speakeasy relay network. I used Renegade software.
When I Set up my first server for the Internet, I used 2 phone lines, with 2 28.8 modems, and served my website from my very own Pentium 75. (Or was it still a 386? can't remember)
I used SLMail, and fought NOT to be a relay station.

A friend of mine set up as a local ISP. They bought a T-1 line, (Which was HUGE back then, and had 40 modems lined up on metal shelf brackets you buy in the hardware store.

Wild days.
Wildcat sux.
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