"first" computer on the internet

[Tony Mori]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at usap.gov>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" 
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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...
>
>> *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).
>


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!