Early internetworking connections

--- Roger Merchberger <zmerch(a)30below.com> wrote: My first telecom experience was with a DECwriter II in a closet at Ohio State. They didn't give over large, open, well-lit spaces back in those days to terminals. A buddy of mine had a phone number to a RSTS machine somewhere (must have been on-campus, or at least a local call) and a username/password (I didn't ask where he got it ;-) We played BASIC games for hours on it. My first personal experience was when my first employer bought me a VIC modem - the one that fits on the user port of a C-64/VIC-20. It didn't even have a telco interface - you picked up the handset, dialed the number manually, waited for carrier and moved the coiled cord from the handset to the modem. I used to get into CompuServe and a local Apple BBS at 300 throbbing baud! Played hours of ADVENT and Scott Adams adventure games. ISTR off-peak CI$ time was $6/hour @ 300 bps. Eventually, I helped beta-test the pseudo-graphic VidTex interface software for the C-64. Still have the docs and binary. The sad part is now that I *work* for those guys (and have an employee account), there isn't any content left on the classic system worth mentioning, just menus. :-( -ethan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/