knightni Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 When I was in college in the early 90s, we had Computer Message Boards that we dialed into. I sold sportscards "online" before it was called online. Does anyone else have messageboard experiences before the internet like I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 1998 was when I became addicted to the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I can remember getting Prodigy internet in '94 (I believe). This is not "pre-internet experience", but the internet was a lot different then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I started out on AOHell when it took a fargin hour to even get online...been addicted ever since!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 1992. We actually had to go backdoor into someone elses access in order to get on-line. It was a pain in the ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Started with Prodigy (that was the one with the huge yellow logo, right..?) a loooong time ago... then went to AOL shortly after that and been with them ever since. It was like the very start of AOL too. We were using the beta software to start. Yikes.. that sure was a long time ago. I think I bought my first home computer in '91. Has the internet been around that long..??? Thank God for Al Gore!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I think i had AOL 2.0...wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_bears86 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 we started on aol and after 8 versions of me complaining about it we switched to sbc dsl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Incomm Data and US Robotics were customers of mine. They manufactured modems right here in the good old USA. I dialed into bulleting board systems like The Well in California, running up some nasty long distance bills. I also remember being on GEnie, Prodigy, and AOL when Steve Case went over the 100,000 member mark. I have an old AOL t-shirt from their road trip promotion days. What a pain in the ass those days were. Configuring your modem based on where you were dialing. Tying up your phone line for hours, and 300 baud modems that would lose a connection with the slightest noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Incomm Data and US Robotics were customers of mine. They manufactured modems right here in the good old USA. I dialed into bulleting board systems like The Well in California, running up some nasty long distance bills. I also remember being on GEnie, Prodigy, and AOL when Steve Case went over the 100,000 member mark. I have an old AOL t-shirt from their road trip promotion days. What a pain in the ass those days were. Configuring your modem based on where you were dialing. Tying up your phone line for hours, and 300 baud modems that would lose a connection with the slightest noise. Things got a lot better when I ran fiberoptic wires through my house. I love this T-3 connection I have now. I just downloaded everything on Kazaa in 3 minutes and 2 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUSChris Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I remember having Prodigy and the really old AOL back in the day. I didn't become addicted to the internet until about 1997 when we switched to this local based internet provider called Millenium. But I totally remember having the beta version of AOL Instant Messenger in like 97-98. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I remember having Prodigy and the really old AOL back in the day. I didn't become addicted to the internet until about 1997 when we switched to this local based internet provider called Millenium. But I totally remember having the beta version of AOL Instant Messenger in like 97-98. I had like a 5 digit ICQ number back in the day. I only downloaded AIM about a year ago, and am never on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUSChris Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I had like a 5 digit ICQ number back in the day. I only downloaded AIM about a year ago, and am never on it. Before college, AIM kept me from tying up the main phone line which made my parents happy. And now being in Washington, DC with my friends and family all in Illinois, AIM is my best friend. Course, I'm also a big nerd and I send instant messages to my roommate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Before college, AIM kept me from tying up the main phone line which made my parents happy. And now being in Washington, DC with my friends and family all in Illinois, AIM is my best friend. Course, I'm also a big nerd and I send instant messages to my roommate... When I first networked my house, my daughter sent me a IM from her room to being her water. Wireless networking is so cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Before college, AIM kept me from tying up the main phone line which made my parents happy. And now being in Washington, DC with my friends and family all in Illinois, AIM is my best friend. Course, I'm also a big nerd and I send instant messages to my roommate... You aren't a nerd until you have your best friend join Soxtalk so that you can just send PMs without having to leave the site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 (edited) You aren't a nerd until you have your best friend join Soxtalk so that you can just send PMs without having to leave the site So what's your cat's screen name? Edited October 11, 2004 by Texsox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUSChris Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 You aren't a nerd until you have your best friend join Soxtalk so that you can just send PMs without having to leave the site Well, I haven't done that cause I can't get any of my friends to join Soxtalk. But my friend and I have sent emails to each other while we're both at work...from the same room...and using the same computer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I was on AOL 3.0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 I was on AOL 3.0. As was i. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted October 12, 2004 Author Share Posted October 12, 2004 So, no one besides myself was nerdy enough to be on Computer Bulletin Boards before the internet started being mainstream. :banghead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelasDaddy0427 Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 My first online experience was something called CaluNET online in Northwest Indiana. It was like 5 bucks a month and was like a message board. No real internet just like message boards and e-mail. It was run by the Hammond Times newspaper. Getting on there on our cool 386 computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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