Subj : Early 90s Fido
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : JOE MACKEY
Date : Mon Feb 01 2021 04:51:36

  Aaron wrote --

> In 1990, I learned how to use BBSs.

  I got my first C64 c. 1985.
  For the first couple of years it was just a glorified typewriter.
  In the late '80s I got a hand me down 300 baud from a friend who got a
1200 and was online with local boards.  
  In the early '90s I learned about GEnie (General Electric Network
something Exchange) and out into the early days of the Net.
  I moved up step-by-step to a 1200 and eventually a 56k.  In '01 I moved
up to cable.  I moved from the Commie to DOS (at work) to Win95 when I got a
slightly damaged pc from work.  (The case was in sorry shape from an
accident, but the innards were all good
   By the late '90s local boards were dying off and go did GEnie, which was
like CompuServe, only cheaper for the month.  But I had to pay for LD since
no number in town and also charged for time it was used.  I forget what it
was but something like a dollar 

> Does anybody remember my name from that time? (31 years ago? Probably not!)

  I can barely remember MY name from 31 years ago.  :)

> It's always cool talking with Fido people. There are a
> lot of nice people. I bet that some of you guys have been at it for a while.

  I learned about Memories in the mid 90s and used Blue Wave all the time. 
With the newer Windows BW was obsolete and didn't work after about Windows
XP.  Or was it 2000?
   I eventually found Doc's Place from a local board post as an option when
they shut down and been here a long time.
  Joe
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