406 () posted 2 years ago by ghost_of_aswartz 2 years ago by ghost_of_aswartz +408 / -2 59 comments share 59 comments share save hide report block hide replies
SauceFag Here.
Before the internet there was Arpanet. Then Darpanet.
DARPA.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA#:~:text=The%20agency%20is%20currently%20located%20in%20a%20new,the%20Soviet%20launching%20of%20Sputnik%201%20in%201957.
Absolutely. I come from the time of BBS systems. My first modem was 1200 baud. My last was a pari of 33.6k, for multi line use. REAL LIVE CHAT!
Bbs's were where it was at in the late 80s. We had FidoNet for an email backbone. It came with 'rules.'
But the good news was, you could make your own mail network, and distribute it to whomever wanted it. I did it myself for a few years.
Then internet killed it all.
weird thing was, ALL of us sysops identified Google as the devil. Even back then
ASCII games on the local BBS. They were all the entertainment you ever needed until the server was rebooted and you lost your character.