Damn! It's been 15 years!

[DannyCox]

I'm not talking about the prior BBS days, or anything else. Just the InterWebs

We had out first one-line, 2 hours a night, BBS back in 1985 when I was in my last year of university. Just a silly thing I ran off of Blue Board on my old Commodore 64. Moved it from there to an Amiga and then to an IBM-AT. It was because of the BBSes that we got onto the 'net so early.

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by DannyCox

I'm not talking about the prior BBS days, or anything else. Just the InterWebs

We had out first one-line, 2 hours a night, BBS back in 1985 when I was in my last year of university. Just a silly thing I ran off of Blue Board on my old Commodore 64. Moved it from there to an Amiga and then to an IBM-AT. It was because of the BBSes that we got onto the 'net so early.

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.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ

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.

[softball]

The thing I have realized over the years is that "when we" stories have a shelf life. Most, including mine, have passed their sell by date.

[Gerco]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Wildcat sux.

I had a wildcat bbs...

yes... it sucked....

Grats on 15 years. I just hit the 10 mark. Funny to think back on it... just plying around we created a little group out there, ended up with over 150k in members to that group in a week. So, did a little adult check site... I remember cause we had a little emachine at the time and every time someone would join, it and send us the email about it it would chime. Then of course we took it a step further with EH.

32 when I started 42 today..