I remember those DOS days and welcomed Windows 3.1 with a fervor. Comms wasn't that good through the Windows system so we went back to the DOS environment just for comms.I connected in the early 80’s via 300 baud. My first computer was a TI16 followed up by the Commodore 64 (sp?). I was thinking how much more memory does one need
I stared working on these toys in 1984 (DOS 2.0, XT computer with maybe 128k ram, no hard drive as it booted from floppy
Until the bad people in this world showed us we couldn't trust anyone or anything.Daytime network idiots. I'm old but even then I knew what the internet was. Communicating long distances without long distance fees? My parents and I talked over email several times a day for free. It was a huge money saver at the time.
Also the old days of FTP servers having every program you ever wanted, any song you ever wanted, bulletin boards with vast amounts of knowledge (unrestricted). Those were the days.
Speaking of bad people, back then you could install Symantec (Norton) PC Anywhere (remote access to your computer from anywhere) and do an open search on the internet. HUNDREDS of people had it installed with NO password required. You could go through computers one after another and turn on people's webcams (early 2000s), see their taxes, see their pictures and videos (the rich ones), and pop their CD tray open and closed. It was crazy.Until the bad people in this world showed us we couldn't trust anyone or anything.
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