Hi! My name is Jayden Montgomery, and I am 13 years old, and I live in Belle Vernon, PA. I feel a bit bored being stuck in a casted leg all day long because of when I broke it a couple of weeks ago. I enjoy cartoons, vinyl records, acting, radio, and computers. If anyone is interested, please send an email to: jaydenleemontgomery@gmail.com

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Re: a question
By: jaydeniv to All on Sat Jul 27 2024 11:15 am

Hi! My name is Jayden Montgomery, and I am 13 years old, and I live in Belle Vernon, PA. I feel a bit bored being stuck in a casted leg all day long because of when I broke it a couple of weeks ago. I enjoy cartoons, vinyl records, acting, radio, and computers.

Welcome!
I started using bulletin boards when I was 12, back in 1992 when they were all dialup, before I had even heard of the internet..

Nightfox

Hi! My name is Jayden Montgomery, and I am 13 years old, and I live in Belle Vernon, PA. I feel a bit bored being stuck in a casted leg all day long because of when I broke it a couple of weeks ago. I enjoy cartoons, vinyl records, acting, radio, and computers. If anyone is interested, please send

Just down a road a couple miles from you ... telnet over.


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On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 11:15:05 -0400
"jaydeniv" (46:1/118) <jaydeniv@f118.n1.z46.fidonet> wrote:

Hi! My name is Jayden Montgomery, and I am 13 years old, and I live
in Belle Vernon, PA. I feel a bit bored being stuck in a casted leg
all day long because of when I broke it a couple of weeks ago. I
enjoy cartoons, vinyl records, acting, radio, and computers. If
anyone is interested, please send an email to:
jaydenleemontgomery@gmail.com

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Sorry to hear about your leg. I broke my ankple way back in about 2000.
It has to be surgically repaired and was off my feet for almost 6 week.
Hang in there!
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Re: a question
By: jaydeniv to All on Sat Jul 27 2024 11:15:05

I feel a bit bored being stuck in a casted leg all day long because of when I broke it a couple of weeks ago. I enjoy...acting...

You know, "break a leg" is just an expression, right? ;)
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jaydeniv wrote to All <=-

Hi! My name is Jayden Montgomery, and I am 13 years old, and I live in Belle Vernon, PA. I feel a bit bored being stuck in a casted leg all
day long because of when I broke it a couple of weeks ago. I enjoy cartoons, vinyl records, acting, radio, and computers. If anyone is interested, please send an email to: jaydenleemontgomery@gmail.com

I know this is an old message, but for some reason I missed it. :-)

Hope you are still around! It's an interesting way to do it!






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Nightfox wrote to jaydeniv <=-

Re: a question
By: jaydeniv to All on Sat Jul 27 2024 11:15 am

Hi! My name is Jayden Montgomery, and I am 13 years old, and I live in Belle Vernon, PA. I feel a bit bored being stuck in a casted leg all day long because of when I broke it a couple of weeks ago. I enjoy cartoons, vinyl records, acting, radio, and computers.

Welcome!
I started using bulletin boards when I was 12, back in 1992 when they
were all dialup, before I had even heard of the internet..

Oh yeah? I was using a BBS before the Internet was even a thing! LOL



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Re: Re: a question
By: jimmylogan to Nightfox on Thu Nov 07 2024 11:35 am

I started using bulletin boards when I was 12, back in 1992 when they
were all dialup, before I had even heard of the internet..

Oh yeah? I was using a BBS before the Internet was even a thing! LOL

:P
Although the internet may have started to be publicly available by 1992, I hadn't heard of the internet at the time, and I'm sure very few people had at the time, so I don't think the internet was really a thing for most people at the time.

Nightfox

Re: Re: a question
By: Nightfox to jimmylogan on Thu Nov 07 2024 12:04:13

Although the internet may have started to be publicly available by 1992,

It would probably be more accurate to say "publicly aware" as the Net was accessible years earlier. For the most part, if the average person wanted access, you had to go to a college/university or high-end library as connections were rather expensive at the time.

hadn't heard of the internet at the time, and I'm sure very few people had at the time, so I don't think the internet was really a thing for most people at the time.

Quite true. It wouldn't be until 1993, when Windows 3.11 was released, that most people would take their first steps into the online world, thanks to improvements to the Windows networking subsystem, making services like Compuserve, America Online and Prodigy viable. But it was in 1995 that the Iternet really took off. Online services now provided gateways to the Internet, as well as dedicated ISPs started to pop up, and thanks to DSL, you could use your current modem if you didn't have cable. It was a wonderous time.
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Re: Internet Availability
By: Mortar to Nightfox on Tue Nov 12 2024 12:04 am

Quite true. It wouldn't be until 1993, when Windows 3.11 was released, that most people would take their first steps into the online world, thanks to improvements to the Windows networking subsystem, making services like Compuserve, America Online and Prodigy viable. But it was in 1995 that the Iternet really took off. Online services now provided gateways to the Internet, as well as dedicated ISPs started to pop up, and thanks to DSL, you could use your current modem if you didn't have cable. It was a wonderous time.

I'd heard of Prodigy, CompuServe, and AOL long before 1993, as my dad had been using those (even from DOS). I got my first computer in 1992, but I wasn't aware of the internet until late 1995.

Nightfox

Re: Internet Availability
By: Nightfox to Mortar on Tue Nov 12 2024 10:19:39

I'd heard of Prodigy, CompuServe, and AOL long before 1993, as my dad had been using those (even from DOS).

Quite right. I forgot about the DOS versions.
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I'd heard of Prodigy, CompuServe, and AOL long before 1993, as my dad h been using those (even from DOS).

Quite right. I forgot about the DOS versions.

don't forget about commodore q-link. aol was a quantum computer services system when it launched, after all. <g>

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By: Nightfox to Mortar on Tue Nov 12 2024 10:19:39

I'd heard of Prodigy, CompuServe, and AOL long before 1993, as my

dad had

been using those (even from DOS).

Quite right. I forgot about the DOS versions.

I seem to remember using a DOS version of GEnie service as well... The "ConpuServ Reloaded" project on github looks pretty cool.



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Mortar wrote to Nightfox <=-

It would probably be more accurate to say "publicly aware" as the Net
was accessible years earlier. For the most part, if the average person wanted access, you had to go to a college/university or high-end
library as connections were rather expensive at the time.

I worked for a company that was in Albany, CA - next to Berkeley, home
to UC Berkeley. We bought a connection into UCB's network in 1993-1994,
$6000/year for a 56K leased line!

We were transferring mostly text email, IRC and news articles at that
point, for 70-80 people - and it worked.

I think that was about when the commercial restrictions on the NSFnet
backbone went away.

I didn't get a shell account until 1996 or so.

hadn't heard of the internet at the time, and I'm sure very few people had at the time, so I don't think the internet was really a thing for most people at the time.

Quite true. It wouldn't be until 1993, when Windows 3.11 was released, that most people would take their first steps into the online world, thanks to improvements to the Windows networking subsystem, making services like Compuserve, America Online and Prodigy viable.

3.11 was a watershed moment. Having to set up packet drivers and the
windows "shim" with 3.1 was a pain. When we rolled out 3.11. being able
to configure networking through a control panel was nice.

I had a tech support team that decided to do everything they could do
with it - they set up a Microsoft Mail post office, used the mail and
schedule apps, used Chat and WinPopup internally for collaboration, and
set up a file share for the group.

We used Eudora and WinVN for mail and news - I can still hear that
Eudora new mail sound in my head.





But it

was in 1995 that the Iternet really took off. Online services now provided gateways to the Internet, as well as dedicated ISPs started to pop up, and thanks to DSL, you could use your current modem if you
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On 12 Nov 2024, Nightfox said the following...

Re: Internet Availability
By: Mortar to Nightfox on Tue Nov 12 2024 12:04 am

Quite true. It wouldn't be until 1993, when Windows 3.11 was release that most people would take their first steps into the online world, thanks to improvements to the Windows networking subsystem, making services like Compuserve, America Online and Prodigy viable. But it in 1995 that the Iternet really took off. Online services now provid gateways to the Internet, as well as dedicated ISPs started to pop up thanks to DSL, you could use your current modem if you didn't have ca It was a wonderous time.

I'd heard of Prodigy, CompuServe, and AOL long before 1993, as my dad
had been using those (even from DOS). I got my first computer in 1992, but I wasn't aware of the internet until late 1995.

My brother had prodigy and compuserv back in 1990 while attending university. compuserv was subscribed due to the available research material accessible at the time. and prodigy was subbed due to the graphics of the interface.

I just used local bbs's until joining the service and learned of them initially around 1986. A schoolmate had a modem on their 8086 and we would connect to play the games.

When I got out the service, there was a local free magazine that covered computers and the back index had a list of local bbs's and their themes. Oh, the days.

I was co-sysop for a board until the sysop decided to take it offline.

And in the early 00s a local wildcat bbs provided internet, which I took advantage of since I was a poor, broke student. He really
really saved my butt.

In the late nineties, we'd have quarterly meetups in Sacramento called SAMUPT (Sacramento Area Modem Users Party Thingie). USually about a dozen sysops and assorted users would show up at a park for a picnic.

The days I miss greatly. I've learned to hate the www and have retracted into smolnet unless absolutely necessary.

Daniel

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On 13 Nov 2024, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

Mortar wrote to Nightfox <=-

It would probably be more accurate to say "publicly aware" as the Net was accessible years earlier. For the most part, if the average pers wanted access, you had to go to a college/university or high-end library as connections were rather expensive at the time.

I worked for a company that was in Albany, CA - next to Berkeley, home
to UC Berkeley. We bought a connection into UCB's network in 1993-1994,
$6000/year for a 56K leased line!

We were transferring mostly text email, IRC and news articles at that
point, for 70-80 people - and it worked.

I think that was about when the commercial restrictions on the NSFnet
backbone went away.

I was stationed in Alameda from 94-96 and often went to Berkeley to look for women to date. I would go to Cafe Strada, i think, which had a computer that gave access to sfnet for, i think, a quarter for ten minutes of bbs time. I'd go in with a stack of quarters and chat, play games, read the message areas, and goof off. Almost forgot about that until you mentioned your leased line.

What's a shell account?

I didn't get a shell account until 1996 or so.

hadn't heard of the internet at the time, and I'm sure very few people at the time, so I don't think the internet was really a thing for most people at the time.

Quite true. It wouldn't be until 1993, when Windows 3.11 was release that most people would take their first steps into the online world, thanks to improvements to the Windows networking subsystem, making services like Compuserve, America Online and Prodigy viable.

3.11 was a watershed moment. Having to set up packet drivers and the
windows "shim" with 3.1 was a pain. When we rolled out 3.11. being able
to configure networking through a control panel was nice.

I had a tech support team that decided to do everything they could do
with it - they set up a Microsoft Mail post office, used the mail and
schedule apps, used Chat and WinPopup internally for collaboration, and
set up a file share for the group.

We used Eudora and WinVN for mail and news - I can still hear that
Eudora new mail sound in my head.

But it

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Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: calcmandan to Nightfox on Wed Nov 20 2024 03:45 pm

In the late nineties, we'd have quarterly meetups in Sacramento called SAMUPT (Sacramento Area Modem Users Party Thingie). USually about a dozen sysops and assorted users would show up at a park for a picnic.

The days I miss greatly. I've learned to hate the www and have retracted into smolnet unless absolutely necessary.

I never went to any BBS meetups, but they sounded fun. And I miss those days too. Although BBS access was always limited due to time limits & such, I often felt like my usage was more focused than it is now. Also, I liked the early internet too, as there weren't really any ads & such online, and I felt like I was able to find things fairly easily.

Nightfox

Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: calcmandan to Nightfox on Wed Nov 20 2024 15:45:25

I just used local bbs's until joining the service and learned of them initially around 1986.

I did both simultaniously, also starting in '86. That's when I got my first PC clone and modem (2400 baud, I think). I went a little online crazy for a bit, signing up with AOHell, Plodigy ('cuz it was so slow) and Compu$erve. And then there were the boards; oh so many boards. On weekends I'd be up to three-four in the morning. I quickly realized I didn't need the paid services. The BBSes had more than enough goodies to keep my busy, so I dropped them after a couple months.

Good time...Gooood times. :)
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Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: calcmandan to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Nov 20 2024 15:50:15

I was stationed in Alameda from 94-96...

That's where the nuclear wessels are. ;)
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Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: Nightfox to calcmandan on Wed Nov 20 2024 13:06:52

Also, I liked the early internet too, as there weren't really any ads & such online, and I felt like I was able to find things fairly easily.

Same here. Graphics? We didn't need no stinkin' graphics! Text ruled. People actually read screens of it, and (mostly) were better writers, too.
There were all kinds of directory books on where to find things online, in fact, I still have the New Riders' Official Internet Yellow Pages, and you won't find a single Web reference in there, 'CUZ IT DIDN'T EXIST YET! It was all newsgroups, mailing lists and Gopher back then.
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I was stationed in Alameda from 94-96...

That's where the nuclear wessels are. ;)

HA! Oh Checkov.

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Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: Mortar to calcmandan on Wed Nov 20 2024 10:55 pm

I was stationed in Alameda from 94-96...

That's where the nuclear wessels are. ;)

I like that movie.
"Well, double dumbass on you!"
"Your use of language has altered since our arrival. It is currently laced with, shall we say, more colorful metaphors.."

Nightfox

On 21 Nov 24 15:24:59, Nightfox said the following to Mortar:

That's where the nuclear wessels are. ;)

I like that movie.
"Well, double dumbass on you!"
"Your use of language has altered since our arrival. It is currently laced with, shall we say, more colorful metaphors.."

I have a hunch... That we would all be happier discussing this... over dinner. Whaddiya say?

Do you guys like Italian?

Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
Yes.... *I* like Italian. And so do YOU.

Yes.

Atreyu

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Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: Exodus to Mortar on Thu Nov 21 2024 16:03:50

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I knew I picked the wrong night to stop BBSing.
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calcmandan wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I was stationed in Alameda from 94-96 and often went to Berkeley to
look for women to date. I would go to Cafe Strada, i think, which had a computer that gave access to sfnet for, i think, a quarter for ten
minutes of bbs time. I'd go in with a stack of quarters and chat, play games, read the message areas, and goof off. Almost forgot about that until you mentioned your leased line.

I lived next door to THE PUB, a house turned into a cafe/bar/discussion
salon in Albany. Lots of small rooms to hang out in, a living room and
dining room turned into a large common area, and 2 porches. Great beers
on tap, cigars and pipes for sale.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/article/The-story-of-the-Albany-pub-where-time-stands-12917018.php

I talked to them about wiring 2 short-haul modems and a terminal to the
back room for my BBS a la SFNet, but it never panned out.

What's a shell account?

A dialup number that gave you a UNIX shell prompt on a system connected
to the internet. Netcom was one of the big ones.




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calcmandan wrote to Nightfox <=-

In the late nineties, we'd have quarterly meetups in Sacramento called SAMUPT (Sacramento Area Modem Users Party Thingie). USually about a
dozen sysops and assorted users would show up at a park for a picnic.

I was part of NIRVANAnet(tm) back in the 90s. We had boards in San Jose,
San Francisco, Albany and Walnut Creek, and each hosted gettogethers in
our collective back yards. The Pub in Albany, Zeitgeist Sam Wo, Tradr
Sam's and La Rondalla in San Francisco, a couple of cheesy restaurants
and bars in San Walnut Creek...

Good times. Miss them.

Once, we had two people who hated each other online have a great time in person, thanks to a change in perspective and several drinks. :)




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Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: Mortar to Exodus on Thu Nov 21 2024 11:13 pm

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I knew I picked the wrong night to stop BBSing.

I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing data packets..

Nightfox

Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: poindexter FORTRAN to calcmandan on Thu Nov 21 2024 18:06:08

...and Walnut Creek...

Is that the same place that put out the Walnut Creek CDs? I got my first taste of Linux from one of those.
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taste of Linux from one of those.

I'm sorry. Stick with DOS.

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Mortar wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: poindexter FORTRAN to calcmandan on Thu Nov 21 2024 18:06:08

...and Walnut Creek...

Is that the same place that put out the Walnut Creek CDs? I got my
first taste of Linux from one of those.

Yes, across the bay bridge from San Francisco, around 20 miles.

I'm the same way, even looked the address up in Google Maps. I think
it's a vape store now. :(



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Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: Exodus to Mortar on Fri Nov 22 2024 21:43:33

I'm sorry. Stick with DOS.

I wasn't. I like trying different OSes.
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it's a vape store now. :(

The douchbag staple of the 2020's.

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On 20 Nov 2024, Mortar said the following...

Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: calcmandan to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Nov 20 2024 15:50:15

I was stationed in Alameda from 94-96...

That's where the nuclear wessels are. ;)

teehee Thank you CDR Chekov.

... I'm not ignoring you, I'm just giving you time to miss me

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Mortar wrote to Nightfox <=-

Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: Nightfox to calcmandan on Wed Nov 20 2024 13:06:52

Also, I liked the early internet too, as there weren't really any ads & such online, and I felt like I was able to find things fairly easily.

Same here. Graphics? We didn't need no stinkin' graphics! Text
ruled. People actually read screens of it, and (mostly) were better writers, too. There were all kinds of directory books on where to find things online, in fact, I still have the New Riders' Official Internet Yellow Pages, and you won't find a single Web reference in there, 'CUZ
IT DIDN'T EXIST YET! It was all newsgroups, mailing lists and Gopher
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First browser I used on the freenet was lynx :-)





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Re: Re: The Early Net
By: jimmylogan to Mortar on Mon Dec 09 2024 07:31:06

First browser I used on the freenet was lynx :-)

Which still exist and actively developed.
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On 20 Nov 2024, Mortar said the following...

Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: Nightfox to calcmandan on Wed Nov 20 2024 13:06:52

Also, I liked the early internet too, as there weren't really any ads & online, and I felt like I was able to find things fairly easily.

Same here. Graphics? We didn't need no stinkin' graphics! Text ruled. People actually read screens of it, and (mostly) were better writers,
too. There were all kinds of directory books on where to find things online, in fact, I still have the New Riders' Official Internet Yellow Pages, and you won't find a single Web reference in there, 'CUZ IT
DIDN'T EXIST YET! It was all newsgroups, mailing lists and Gopher back then.

The glory days. I still dwell in newsgroups, mailing lists and gopher. Earlier tonight I referenced a usenet post from 1993 detailing a star trek episode guide for seasons 1-5, in a reply on an opinion on the top five worst episodes.

Do you still gopher?

I'm about to re-launch my old hole in a month or two and am considering a finger service.

Daniel

... Back up my hard drive? I can't find the reverse switch!

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On 21 Nov 2024, Exodus said the following...

I was stationed in Alameda from 94-96...

That's where the nuclear wessels are. ;)

HA! Oh Checkov.

Ironically, the ship shots from that movie weren't even in Alameda, but down in San Diego and it wasn't the Enterprise.

I was on the USS Carl Vinson which moored on the outer side of the carrier pier across from the mothballed (at the time) USS Hornet. It is now a museum ship. Alameda, at the time, only had one ship stationed there and it was mine. They were prepping to move her to Bremerton when I disembarked for the last time. Alameda was slated for closure later in 1997. The place is home to a few breweries, winery, and a distillery. Some of the best views of SF.

True story, whenever I was on the flight deck while in port, my friends and I would look down on the Hornet's deck and marvel at all the wood.

And yes, I was a big star trek nut growing up, the voyage home was my favorite movie, had most the dialog memorized, and did tour the shooting locations in SF, at least the ones I could recognize.

... A house is a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff

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On 21 Nov 2024, Nightfox said the following...

Re: Re: Internet Availability
By: Mortar to calcmandan on Wed Nov 20 2024 10:55 pm

I was stationed in Alameda from 94-96...

That's where the nuclear wessels are. ;)

I like that movie.
"Well, double dumbass on you!"
"Your use of language has altered since our arrival. It is currently
laced with, shall we say, more colorful metaphors.."

Nightfox
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Gillian: Do you like Italian food?
Spock: No
Kirk: Yes
Spock: No
Kirk: Yes
Spock: No
Kirk: Yes
Spock: ... No
Kirk: Yes. [at Gillian] I love Italian food... [at Spock] And so do you.
Spock: Yes

... Origin of Life? Just check my refrigerator...

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calcmandan wrote to Mortar <=-

The glory days. I still dwell in newsgroups, mailing lists and gopher. Earlier tonight I referenced a usenet post from 1993 detailing a star
trek episode guide for seasons 1-5, in a reply on an opinion on the top five worst episodes.

I want to go back to POP3 and Eudora for (all text-based) email,
reading FAQs on Usenet, local usenet groups (the San Francisco bay area
had the ba.* hierarchy) and, telnet, Gopher and FTP.

And the sense of intrigue that finding a new site had, or better yet,
the first site of its kind.

I'm a sucker for nostalgia, but damn, if it wasn't exciting doing all
that for the first time...




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calcmandan wrote to Exodus <=-

I disembarked for the last time. Alameda was slated for closure later
in 1997. The place is home to a few breweries, winery, and a
distillery. Some of the best views of SF.

They built the highway set from the Matrix sequel on the grounds of the
air base. You could see it from the ferry. I took the Alameda/Oakland
ferry to San Francisco for work every day and got to watch it
progressing.

If you look closely at the film, you can see the names of exits on 101
on the set, and they pass by the same place a couple of times.

True story, whenever I was on the flight deck while in port, my friends and I would look down on the Hornet's deck and marvel at all the wood.

The Hornet is a nice museum ship - I took my son there for his 10th
birthday. There's a photo on the flight deck of the carrier during
operation Magic Carpet, bringing marines home after WW II. I think they
had something like 14,000 cots set up in the hangar deck...



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Re: Re: The Early Net
By: poindexter FORTRAN to calcmandan on Fri Dec 27 2024 07:05:47

I'm a sucker for nostalgia, but damn, if it wasn't exciting doing all
that for the first time...

Absolutely. I still remember my first time...er, going online that is. I was in college and I was in good with the computer lab manager. She let me use a Tektronix 4051 with an acoustic-coupled modem to dial into a gateway that wasn't open to students. After dialing in, I got a menu of items and I just started exploring. Next thing I know, I'm going to universities like MIT, Harvard, USC, but what really wowed me was connecting with Cambridge (UK), the University of Helsinki (Finland) and other overseas locations. I was worldwide! And of course, there were the newsgroups. Holy crap, I never seen so many different topics; it quickly became my favorite hangout.
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