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Thread ID: 69933 2006-06-16 22:48:00 When did you 1st go online at home? Strommer (42) PC World Chat
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463722 2006-06-19 00:33:00 I dialled up to a handful of BBS systems for shareware and even considered setting up my own one later. I even had a Compuserve account many years back. I then used Voyager, then ClearNet and now Xtra. KiwiTT_NZ (233)
463723 2006-06-19 00:52:00 I even had a Compuserve account many years back. I then used Voyager, then ClearNet and now Xtra.I started with some obscure Hawkes Bay outfit, then Xtra, then Ihug, then Clear, then Orcon, then back to Xtra, then back to Orcon, now back to Xtra :D Greg (193)
463724 2006-06-19 01:42:00 I started with some obscure Hawkes Bay outfit, then Xtra, then Ihug, then Clear, then Orcon, then back to Xtra, then back to Orcon, now back to Xtra :D

LOL! :eek: :D
stu161204 (123)
463725 2006-06-19 03:05:00 Started out with BBS (bulletin boards) in 1993 using a 2400bps modem using an Amiga 600HD - can't recall many of the BBS names, but I think Holden's Lair rings a bell...

Shifted (reluctantly) to PCs in 1997 for university, and connected to the WWW for the first time, using Ihug dial-up.

BBS were rife with piracy, particularly for Amiga's, but I seem to recall that people weren't as bothered about piracy back in the days of the 3.5" floppy disk. But BBS were also great for PD (public domain), shareware, and message boards. And ASCII pictures...
Lizard (2409)
463726 2006-06-19 04:59:00 This year. I got my Dell Dimension 1100 this year and hooked it up to the network. That was MY first internet for MY computer - Dad's was a lot earlier. pcuser42 (130)
463727 2006-06-20 09:54:00 Let me tell you how the old internet was like. It was like notepad style texts and layout out format. Not like nowdays. In the old days internet was expensive and boring. Not much people use it that time especially for kids except computer games. I am telling you it was real real boring. I use internet that time then I quit because I was busy for sometime and internet was boring to me except my father use it. MTLance (6768)
463728 2006-06-21 10:32:00 It's a pity you didn't make the poll public, Steve. Would have made it even more interesting. ;)

Well, yes, I did consider it. But being my first poll, and knowing certain characters here on PF1, I decided to play it safe! :D
Strommer (42)
463729 2006-06-21 14:25:00 Looks like the result, if plotted on a graph paper, is showing a normal distribution bell-shaped curve! :D

Cheers :)
Renmoo (66)
463730 2006-06-24 06:32:00 lol MTLance (6768)
463731 2006-07-03 20:36:00 On line at home in1989 using a dial up modem of, I think, 2.4. Used to connect to Auckland Uni then to internet. Everything in text.

Rob
Rob (6897)
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