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Post by terrilee on Mar 20, 2013 20:28:26 GMT -5
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Post by jwm1597 on Mar 21, 2013 8:41:06 GMT -5
How well I remember.
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Post by terrilee on Mar 21, 2013 8:43:30 GMT -5
what would EVERYONE do today
if the internet disappeared 
How did we manage before?
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Post by jwm1597 on Mar 21, 2013 8:46:50 GMT -5
Well we ffmanjaged for years with out a telephone. Some times I wish we still did.
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Post by skuttadawg on Mar 21, 2013 15:18:31 GMT -5
I was on the internet when it was ip addresses as there was no www in the dark ages of DOS
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Post by chindog on Mar 21, 2013 18:20:26 GMT -5
Ha Ha! That was funny!
I remember way back before the internet. We actually had to talk to each other in person.
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Post by spandi on Mar 21, 2013 19:31:22 GMT -5
....and as kids we played OUTSIDE!
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Post by terrilee on Mar 21, 2013 19:50:30 GMT -5
....and as kids we played OUTSIDE!
if u wanted to find your friends
u walked, ran, biked,
all OVER the F place
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Post by woowilly on Mar 22, 2013 0:21:23 GMT -5
dark ages of dos on internet?
That shows how young someone is....
Early dos didn't have the capability due to hardware limitations.
Had to use one of the Unix flavors to get on the net since linux didn't exist.
( unless you count bits and pieces of GNU being used with the unix kernel as early Linux. )
A few other rather expensive O/S's had limited net capability, but those were very hardware specific and soon ceased to be produced once less expensive hardware and OS's appeared .
( 68000 & 80386.)
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Post by skuttadawg on Mar 22, 2013 14:21:01 GMT -5
Was mostly telnetting to BBS boards . I have a laptop with a 80386 and tiny LCD screen that runs QBASIC
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Post by scooterelements on Mar 22, 2013 15:51:47 GMT -5
Man i love that episode! Love South Park. lol That part with Randy and the last bit of internet left was hilarious!!
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Post by spandi on Mar 22, 2013 17:01:20 GMT -5
Man i love that episode! Love South Park. lol That part with Randy and the last bit of internet left was hilarious!! Yeah, the sound effects coming from the computer after he snuck in to use it had me falling off the chair  |
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Post by Paladin on Mar 22, 2013 21:22:22 GMT -5
I was the SysOp of the SWAMPS BBS, early '82 thru '88ish. My telephone was used for the BBS. I told my boss that if they wanted to contact me they needed use a teleprinter, you can't call me by voice. June '86, The Atari Trick logged on my BBS. Sept '86, Married her. Got a voice line. Pacbell.com started in Feb. '  I was on the Internet circa '  , connecting on the greatesc.com, for newsgroups. On Jul 28, 1995, I set up our company computer, fixed IP 150.235.204.246 Pacbell.net april '96 started, I was one of the Beta Testers. (Wife's e-mail has been the same for almost 17 years.) Pacbell.net drops unlimited connection to 300 hours a month (10 hours per day) with 5 people in the house we were connected close to 15 hours a day. I get a second ISP. Got DSL December '99 (back to unlimited) Got my own Domain Feb '01 .... As for that South Park episode -- not allowed to happen. I can put an Internet Connection anywhere. Or could, I'm Retired. |
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Post by terrilee on Mar 25, 2013 8:55:47 GMT -5
lmsao
im sure we have all seen movies where hackers
shut down the electrical grids etc
id love to have that happen
send us all back to the dark ages
i'd survive, will you?
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Post by skuttadawg on Mar 25, 2013 10:30:10 GMT -5
Oh yes I have a generator and seeds plus plenty of ammo
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, connecting on the greatesc.com, for newsgroups.