> couldn't afford the registration.  I joined Fidonet as a point and then the 
 > newly-formed Sysop's Tech Net.  One of its founders, Vincent Danen, 

That was a very interesting story.  I was just going to mention that I saw
one of your old posts on my BBS - which happened to be from 2002 in the
Sysop's Tech Net.  I was also a member of that network at one time!  Small
world!  It is almost creepy that I have posts that still exist on my BBS
from so long ago.  I actually have posts dating back to 1992 in some
message areas (which is before my oldest daughter was born).  

My first computer was a Commodore Vic-20 (which I won by entering a
Mother's Day contest).  I had no interest in computers until I won that
system.  Then I was hooked.

I got into BBSs back in the early 80s after seeing a friend of mine in High
School log into some Atari BBS systems. Back then, there were so many
different types of computers to run BBS systems on. I actually ran my BBS
on an Apple //c at first (software called Apple-Net).  I was just a teen in
High School back then. Once leaving the Apple // hardware and going PC, I
have only run WWIV (starting with 3.21 I think it was).  I'm running a
highly modded version of 4.24a.  BBS systems, computers, etc, helped
develop my skills that I would later turn into my career in technology.  

- Mark

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