Sn> Hehe - 1200 Baud? You speedy racer -
Sn> if you want a real patience test,
Sn> log in to the snail mail Snobsoft
Sn> at 300 Baud:
Sn> telnet://snobsoft.de:6401.
Oh gosh.. thanks! I'll do so.. when I secure enough free time :D
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Sn> In short - some things were better
Sn> back then.
Agreed, and I think we were more capable of self-regulating.
I remember when I started being online one of the first thing I discovered was
the power of netiquette.
Sn> I believe there was already modem
Sn> swapping in mid 80s, even across the big pond for C64 games, for
Sn> example. You had to have patience and someone
Sn> else who paid the extremely high
Sn> phone bill :D But good hackers
Sn> could achieve such things back
Sn> then.
So I heard, I think all the blue box and other phreaking/free calls was
primarily demanded by the need to pirate for less phone bill call than 5 mins
phone call order, payment and shipment for the physical product.
-h1
... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.
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