How Long have you been using the internet - Page 2

Lord Nikon · 13-07-2003, 18:58

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Originally posted by Chimaera
Got divorced and got a computer! (second hand oldie!)
[snip]

the computer or the ex wife?

Delta Whiskey · 13-07-2003, 19:10

I don't remember when I moved fron BBS's to the Internet, but according to Google, my earliest surviving entry is August 1996 (that was before I learned to hide my real identity).

Interneting on the Amiga, TCP/IP was Miami, Mail came thanks to Monsoon & Cyclone and Voyager was the browser, happy days.

Lord Nikon · 13-07-2003, 19:20

Scuse me?

Cyclone was the name given to the hardware that sat between the amiga and the external floppy drive for copying using Xcopy

ronald146m · 13-07-2003, 19:22

Hello

I've been using t'internet at work and in the town library for 3 years or so.

I had 128k BB installed in November.

Since then I've hardly seen any telly.

Ron

Delta Whiskey · 13-07-2003, 19:27

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Originally posted by Lord Nikon
Scuse me?

Cyclone was the name given to the hardware that sat between the amiga and the external floppy drive for copying using Xcopy

Cyclone & Monsoon were produced by Gary Colville, I don't know if they were widely known about. I'd guess it was those of us on the CU Amiga mailing list who got to play with them.

Stuart · 13-07-2003, 19:38

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Originally posted by Lord Nikon
the computer or the ex wife?

Ex hubby surely? Chimaera is female...

MikeyB · 13-07-2003, 20:05

It was '95 or '96 at work, using dial-up with Pipex I think. Used Compuserve before then.
Now we have a 2Mb line at work, its ace seeing things download at more than 200Kb/s on a good day.

Not sure when I got it at home, but it was using X-Steam that dialed up on a national-rate phone number, one hell of a scary phone bill the 1st month!!! :o
Still on 56K modem, I've given myself till payday (Tuesday) to decide on broadband.

danielf · 13-07-2003, 22:02

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Originally posted by MikeyB
Still on 56K modem, I've given myself till payday (Tuesday) to decide on broadband.

I can do noting but recommend broadband. Even if you go for 150, Always on is nice...

obvious · 13-07-2003, 22:14

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Originally posted by towny
C'mon, then, old timer ... tell us what the internet was like back in the olden days!

I first got regular access to the 'net when I started a new job early 1999. Got online for myself with ntl free dial-up at the end of that year.

Been broadband for a little over a year now.

hehe. I didnt use it much back then. I did a national certificate in computer studies and there was an internet connection at the college. Dunno if it was compuserve or demon or what as I didnt have a clue at the time but I remember chatting to someone using a teletype terminal which was ancient even at the time.

BubbleGum · 13-07-2003, 23:52

I've been using the internet for about five years and the big difference I've noticed is an increase in illiterate retards because access is too easy these days.

14-07-2003, 00:06

I've had the internet for about a year. Before this I thought the net was overrated but not anymore. I love the internet & seems to spend hours each day on it. Also if you need information on anything, 99.9% of the time u can find it.

bopdude · 14-07-2003, 10:43

Between 4 & 5 years ( can't remember exactly ) started out on dial up, moved on to the 500k, as it was, now on the 1mb and never looked back.

Jules · 14-07-2003, 15:20

March 2000 I was on cable and wireless dial up and i payed per minute

TigaSefi · 14-07-2003, 15:33

1994 I think Compuserve was launched ??

Lew · 14-07-2003, 15:54

My first experience with the internet was when I joined EDS nearly 6 years ago. Prior to that I used to dial in to the old bulletin boards in the early 90s on an old Amstrad PPC640 (an early 'luggable' with a 5" b/w LCD screen, built in modem and no HD) using (IIRC) ProComm Plus which I got from the 5 1/4" floppy disk covermounted on a ShareWare Magazine