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Back in 1990 through work. We could dial in at up to 2400 baud. I could only afford a 300 baud modem. Scrolling text in message boards and chat rooms, BABY!!
 
First was early 90's, 1992 or so on a Mac. I would call into a BBS type system. I used it some, but not too much. Around 95 I used my 14.4 modem to dial into my college unix shell account. I had lynx and gopher access, but soon discovered a graphical browser called IComm which used Z modem to download images. After that I discovered twinsock and later virtual TCP. I then could use Mosaic and netscape, but not IE(which was junk anyway back then). In 96 I finally decided to pay for net access from a local ISP.
 
14.4 modem, AOL from 1995. I remember asing my Dad why we didn't get the 28.8 one. He answered, "The Internet? Oh, that'll never catch on..."
 
Originally posted by: boggsie
Back in 1990 through work. We could dial in at up to 2400 baud. I could only afford a 300 baud modem. Scrolling text in message boards and chat rooms, BABY!!
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Wait a second... Al Gore invented the Internet... right? 😛
 
Originally posted by: mugsywwiii
Originally posted by: boggsie
Back in 1990 through work. We could dial in at up to 2400 baud. I could only afford a 300 baud modem. Scrolling text in message boards and chat rooms, BABY!!
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Wait a second... Al Gore invented the Internet... right? 😛
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drat, you caught me!

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Hacked into a scientific research place via modem in 1992 and used their Internet connection to go on IRC 😉 The statute of limitations is long past 😛
 
in 93 on 14.4 modem i think or was it 28. I used cc maker and created an account with some small internet company and was able to get it cc number and not have to pay for it
 
Originally posted by: dwell
Hacked into a scientific research place via modem in 1992 and used their Internet connection to go on IRC 😉 The statute of limitations is long past 😛
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:Q
 
My first internet connection was via FIDONet on BBS's back in around 95 or 96, but it was only Internet email, but I think I connected at 14.4 or 28.8 at that point.

Eventually I got a Internet connection around 96 or 97, UNIX shell account for doing stuff like IRC and if I needed quick web access it was through lynx.
For 'normal' web browsing (with Netscape 1.0 and Mosaic, and then later Netscape 2.0!), I was on 28.8 and I was using a UNIX shell account through a local BBS with slirp running on the unix end and some SLIP connection. I had a DOS terminal emulator (Qmodem) that I started up the slirp app from, and then had to quickly exit out of Qmodem and load up Windows 3.11 so I could start the SLIP client. Haha, those were the days! 🙂
 
2400 baud modem to dial into library internet access. That was shaweet back in '93-'94.
 
The history of my internet

96or97 9600 with prodigy. with my 486 sx33
98 28.8 with my Crapintosh 9300
99 56.k with my p2 266
2000 Cable woohoo!!!! 256up 512down first on p2 then my cely 566
2002 moved to AZ into a APT with no broadband. NOOOOOOOOO!!! Back to 28.8
2002 leeched internet over a WiFi network from a some business accross the street from me for a mounth or so (if you don't have broadband you gotta do what you gotaa do)
2002 Moved 6 mounths later when lease was out now I'm on a 3meg cable. All is good.
 
14.4kbps with Pacificer Online on my AMD 5x86/133 - P75.

I still have the Welcome email. It's the first thing in my inbox. 🙂

*scrolls wayyy up*

From: root <root@pacifier.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 08:16:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Welcome message

Greetings,


Welcom to Pacifier! We are happy to have you as a customer and will do
everything we can to help you succesfully use and enjoy the Internet.

If you have questions please feel free to ask them, there is a newsgroup
section on the system that you will that you will find many other users
are active in.
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Originally posted by: RossMAN
2400 baud, local BBS in early 90's
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You dialed up local BBSes? Was that here in Portland? Which BBSes were you on?

Since he said internet, I didn't count my BBSing days. I first logged onto the local BBS scene on an IBM XT with a 2400baud modem. 😉

4.77MHz, baby!
 
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Damn he said internet? Still 2400 baud 🙂

Which PDX BBS's were you on?
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A lot...

Del's Place, Disk Jockey Online, Com-Dat, RAIN, The Catalyst, Game Connection, Nighthawk..

Probably a few others I can't remember. 🙂
 
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