Hey Joe!

Sep 02 11:55 07, Joe Delahaye wrote to Carol Shenkenberger:

 JD> Oh, I know the connections were there for years.  First military, 
 JD> then
 JD> colleges were added.

As well as gov't and that was the original internet.  They added to the
infrastructure that was already more or less in place.

 JD> There were some large (for want of a better
 JD> word) BBSs as well.  I could dial into that, and then for a price,
 JD> search the world .

The first BBS I ever saw was a university library running on the existing
lines that served up a searchable database of the books available.  It was
ascii based.  I am pretty sure the server ran on VMS.  It worked great and
there was no need to dial it up since it was readily telnetable.  I think
they later had a dialup line but I don't think that lasted too long as they
later switched to a httpd thingy.  I seem to recall rendering with lynx
being a tad flakey on ye ol' terminals.  I thought the ascii based one was
best.

Progress eh?  They can keep it.

Life is good,
Maurice

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