 keith2
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
 765 Posts
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:15:13 PM
aww poo i used those constantly.. there were games (doors) like legend of the red dragon and barren realms elite!! LORD was kinda like WOW in text format. fun as hell. if you had a 14.4 you were fast. if you had a 28.8 you were flying. and you'd get massive long distance phone bills if you didn't go to a local bbs. I don't think any dial ups exist anymore. but theres plenty of telenet (or telnet?) ones that look and act just like the ones from the days of yore.. find one off google n copy it to your address bar. |
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 ierpe
Male, 18-29, Europe
6 Posts
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:43:53 AM
to me it looks more like the 80's, didnt we already have pentiums in 1992?
or im just getting old... :p |
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 JumboCookie
Male, 13-17, Western US
658 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 10:34:25 PM
Boooooooooring! WANT MORE MEMES! |
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 Negative_One
Male, 30-39, Western US
2488 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 10:18:27 PM
"It seems crazy that this was only 30 years ago."
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1992 was 17 years ago. |
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Negative_One
Male, 30-39, Western US
2488 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 9:43:24 PM
To think they had such noble intentions, who at that time could have foreseen the intercrapz being used for petty arguments and dick jokes? |
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 deaf_woman
Male, 30-39, Europe
2719 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 5:57:52 PM
Most of those dudes look blind. |
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 Lionhart2
Male, 40-49, Australia
5382 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 3:51:29 PM
> lukas1051
> 7 minutes? You've got to be kidding me. I have the attention sp...Um what did you say lukas? I only got as far as "got" before I got distracted... |
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 DeadlyLegion
Male, 18-29, Europe
441 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 1:15:17 PM
This is the early Scene (as some pirates may know it) |
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 ohplease
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
104 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 12:56:53 PM
just seeing the word "baud" & remembering the E-UR-KAhsurrrrrrr, lmao, i didn't really realize how far we've come. |
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 toqr
Male, 18-29, Europe
95 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 12:45:47 PM
its gonna wear oot... lol |
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 Discomonkey
Male, 13-17, Europe
1274 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 12:19:35 PM
lukas1051..you're gonna go far kid... |
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 jaimep23
Female, 30-39, Eastern US
4 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 11:32:24 AM
OMG, I used to use 518 BBS!! Let's see there was one called the phone booth, and another called animal house. I remember dialing directly into each site and running up a killer phone bill for local long distance!! My dad was going to kill me! Comparing then and now is like comparing apples & Oranges. If the net stayed at BBS level, hardly anybody would be interested at all |
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 davisboy
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
225 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 11:23:01 AM
I remember when my older brother using these. I was 14 at the time. |
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 lukas1051
Male, 18-29, Europe
2303 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 11:17:06 AM
7 minutes? You've got to be kidding me. I have the attention sp... |
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 KnightRockr
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
159 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 11:16:03 AM
oooooo.... that's some high tech stuff... if they saw the internet today they would probably crap their pants.... |
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 ladyObored
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
215 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 11:13:49 AM
I was 2 when this was out? |
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 evilducky00
Female, 18-29, Western US
289 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 10:26:30 AM
I blew up your home planet HA HA HA! |
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 IslandLotus
Female, 18-29, Western US
377 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 10:10:58 AM
"It seems crazy that this was only 30 years ago. "
What's crazier is 2009-1991=18! Your math skills perplex me, aaroncoal. You are trying to make me over 40 years old, and I can't let that happen! |
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 Giligadi
Male, 40-49, Western US
358 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 9:28:05 AM
Ahh the old BBS. The art of the flame war is always much more interesting when there is actually a chance of meeting your foe face to face. |
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 SiN_iN_Me
Female, 18-29, Europe
137 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 8:50:13 AM
wow so thats what al off home improvement was doing in his spare time... |
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 romboy
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
199 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 7:49:50 AM
I remember going over my uncle's house and I would go on to BBS's there, We didn't have a modem on our computer at home. When we did get windows 95 and the internet, I got into MUDs |
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 boogersunite
Male, 13-17, Australia
179 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 7:00:08 AM
the way my vista is i'm almost envious of those old computers
imagine not having to reboot when norton loads accidentally
*sigh* |
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 quack_stud
Male, 13-17, Australia
411 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 6:10:36 AM
This was only made a couple of weeks ago but it's Canadian. |
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 Lord_Jereth
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
28 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 4:51:30 AM
1991? I was surfing the local BBS's in '85 on my old Atari 400 (http://oldcomputers.net/atari400.html). Man, did this clip ever bring back memories. Thanks for the post. Now I know I'm ancient. HAHAHAHAHA!LJ |
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 screwzlooose
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
131 Posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009 4:51:23 AM
(sorry for double post)i just wanted to say thank you, to those of you that actually ran those things back in the day. you guys, likely without knowing it, helped make the present day internet possible. |
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