20 Jul
2008
20 Jul
'08
3 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at usap.gov>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: "first" computer on the internet
When QuantumLink came along some time later, I pretty
much ignored it.
Most ironic that I eventually worked for them for a couple of years
after they became AOL (though I was originally employed by CompuServe
as they were being digested - about half-way through my time there,
my badge changed over, my payday changed, the sign on the building
changed, etc...
Hmmm....I dunno Ethan - On CIS, CB Simulator was a REALLY good way to rack
up the hours!
Thank goodness they came up with the package for CBSim'ers, or I might've
gone bankrupt!
*shudder* I still think I owe my parents for
some hours I racked up.
If my mother had written things down, I might yet owe her for more than
a few $6/hour (offpeak) hours at 300 baud from those days. It was really
easy to rack up quite a bill, especially after one finds the CIS on-line
shop with posters and other paraphernalia (my first on-line shopping
experience, as I expect it was for many people).