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8. An IBM desk top w/2megs, dial up and Compuserve, 1993 n/t

Sat May 7, 2016, 06:16 PM

May 2016

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Prodigy and I was trading stocks online with PCFN around 1988-9. eom Purveyor May 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author NRaleighLiberal May 2016 #2

WebTV with dial-up Kaleva May 2016 #3

We had dial-up when I first joined DU so I remember it well! femmocrat May 2016 #6

Good old Netscape. Miles Archer May 2016 #7

My main email is still Netscape. 😊 GentryDixon May 2016 #25

An IBM desk top w/2megs, dial up and Compuserve, 1993 n/t sarge43 May 2016 #8

"YOU'VE GOT MAIL" Gomez163 May 2016 #9

My dear Miles Archer! CaliforniaPeggy May 2016 #10

I remember trying to unsubscribe from A Oh Hell! alphafemale May 2016 #11

When you mean the internet you mean the era of WWW? Paulie May 2016 #12

Gateway-modem-aol benld74 May 2016 #13

Anybody do MIRC chatrooms? mainstreetonce May 2016 #14

A few, back then..."ping, uh, PONG?" Miles Archer May 2016 #16

1989. 8088 Tandy with a 300 baud modem Pakhet May 2016 #15

About 1982-3 with an Apple ][ and a 300 baud modem csziggy May 2016 #17

Juno dial-up - LiberalElite May 2016 #18

Sweet music to my ears. Prisoner_Number_Six May 2016 #19

Set up my workstation at school So Far From Heaven May 2016 #20

yep, AOL grasswire May 2016 #21

I moved out of a place in California the week they were putting in fiber. Miles Archer May 2016 #23

Atari 600XL with a 300 Baud Modem on Compuserve JCMach1 May 2016 #24