Subj : Re: Good to be back
To   : Snobsoft
From : hollowone
Date : Fri Mar 07 2025 00:30:00

 Sn> Hehe - 1200 Baud? You speedy racer -
 Sn> if you want a real patience test,
 Sn> log in to the snail mail Snobsoft
 Sn> at 300 Baud:
 Sn> 
 Sn> telnet://snobsoft.de:6401.
 Sn> 

Oh gosh.. thanks! I'll do so.. when I secure enough free time :D

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 Sn> In short - some things were better
 Sn> back then.
 Sn> 

Agreed, and I think we were more capable of self-regulating.
I remember when I started being online one of the first thing I discovered was the power of netiquette.

 Sn> I believe there was already modem
 Sn> swapping in mid 80s, even across the big pond for C64 games, for
 Sn> example. You had to have patience and someone
 Sn> else who paid the extremely high
 Sn> phone bill :D But good hackers
 Sn> could achieve such things back
 Sn> then.
 Sn> 

So I heard, I think all the blue box and other phreaking/free calls was primarily demanded by the need to pirate for less phone bill call than 5 mins phone call order, payment and shipment for the physical product.

-h1

.... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.

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