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[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

I loved the net when you had to have a clue to be there.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The Eternal September is real

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Eternal September

Mine began in truth about eight years before that. BBS and tymnet nodes enabled by shit load of blue and black box phone calls. Just go look at the neat and orderly wiring in a blue box and know that mine was nothing like that. Mine looked like low rent spider web of components stuffed in a cigar box.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

At one point, I ran my local Radio Shack out of alligator clips...

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