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The Bob Cesca Show: Backbone

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teleskiguy6/28/2018 8:22:41 pm PDT

re: #355 austin_blue

First time I used the internet I was 12 or so, using an ISP called Prodigy. I could only use it a half hour at a time because it was dial-up and it was a long distance call to Grand Junction, CO, over a hundred miles to the west. That howling sound that came out of telephone receivers in the house is still one of my favorite sounds. In those days, when I heard that sound, I knew I was plugged in and can look at stuff and talk to other people far away from me… on the internet.

I’m still “green” around here when it comes to computers. Some of you folk talk about cards with holes in them and magnetic tape.