I played around with my Uncle's Prodigy account a little, and I had a buddy at college who had what he called a "PINE account" (shell access, but he only ran PINE) that I poked at a little...but I still remember my first time really getting on the net.
A friend at church had a pamphlet from CRL.com (an ISP at the time...not sure if the current site is in any way related)
I signed up, got my account (shroom@crl.com) and then thought, "Well now what?" Had to learn about telnet access and head down to the computer lab at Ga State, because I didn't have a modem that worked.
Looking back, it's amazing how quickly I went from acronym overload to understanding the technology underneath the services. It was such an awesome time. I'm glad I didn't miss it.
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I played around with my Uncle's Prodigy account a little, and I had a buddy at college who had what he called a "PINE account" (shell access, but he only ran PINE) that I poked at a little...but I still remember my first time really getting on the net.
A friend at church had a pamphlet from CRL.com (an ISP at the time...not sure if the current site is in any way related)
I signed up, got my account (shroom@crl.com) and then thought, "Well now what?" Had to learn about telnet access and head down to the computer lab at Ga State, because I didn't have a modem that worked.
Looking back, it's amazing how quickly I went from acronym overload to understanding the technology underneath the services. It was such an awesome time. I'm glad I didn't miss it.