Ugh, I remember those. It was bad. You couldn't walk down the street without tripping over AOL trial floppies and/or CDs. They were everywhere. In cereal boxes, newspapers, your mailbox, etc.
Now for the fun. I was permabanned from AOL. Anyone remember the AOL Warez like AOHell Etc? What a blast from the past. Use to have so much fun punting, ghosting in the chat rooms, and being Steve Case Tos Advisor.
I used to have a blast with proggies. Got my first computer virus from one called AODoggPound. It played the song "another one bites the dust", which I thought was pretty cool until I realized it was talking about my computer. :/
I still have some of the 3.5" floppies that they originally mailed out for free. I also still have an old computer with a drive. It also has one of those old CD drives with a volume control and headphone jack on the front. I can easily go back in time with computers, even all the way back to my Timex-Sinclair that had the same processor as the TRS-80s from Radio Shack.
I am aware of this. I use to use AOL since I could get free trial CDs at the bus stops.
Ugh, I remember those. It was bad. You couldn't walk down the street without tripping over AOL trial floppies and/or CDs. They were everywhere. In cereal boxes, newspapers, your mailbox, etc.
They were amazing to me, I was very poor, I didnt own a PC but i knew someone who did, and I would give them the CDs so we could get online.
This is one of the best comments on this thread. Love it. ❤️
Now for the fun. I was permabanned from AOL. Anyone remember the AOL Warez like AOHell Etc? What a blast from the past. Use to have so much fun punting, ghosting in the chat rooms, and being Steve Case Tos Advisor.
I used to have a blast with proggies. Got my first computer virus from one called AODoggPound. It played the song "another one bites the dust", which I thought was pretty cool until I realized it was talking about my computer. :/
I still have some of the 3.5" floppies that they originally mailed out for free. I also still have an old computer with a drive. It also has one of those old CD drives with a volume control and headphone jack on the front. I can easily go back in time with computers, even all the way back to my Timex-Sinclair that had the same processor as the TRS-80s from Radio Shack.