17 Jul
2004
17 Jul
'04
10:49 p.m.
On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 11:50:44AM -0400, Richard A. Cini wrote:
Anyway, this demo brings-up an interesting question.
What kind of dial-up
systems existed in the 70's before consumer-oriented services like
CompuServe? I remember the DowJones and CompuServe sign-up packs at
RadioShack in maybe 1979
CIS was several years old by 1979. Besides them, my memory of what was available
around 1977 was individual RSTS machines with no passwords or weak passwords
that we used to dial up from LA36s with acoustic couplers. These were individual
university or commercial machines, not a "service". We'd use them until
they
shut down or tightened up, then look for more.
-ethan
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