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		flyinghamster on June 17, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: I miss the old internet Back in the mid-1980s in Champaign-Urbana, one of the most vibrant BBSes in town (Tranquillity II) had no downloads - conversation was its specialty. There were even real-life gatherings of the participants. That sort of thing is hard to do when almost everyone you interact with could be halfway around the world.

perardi on June 18, 2018 [–]

Was it run out of the U of I?

This was more early-1990s, but my first internet was a BBS out of Bradley University in Peoria. Ah, the sweet scream of ZTerm on a Performa.

flyinghamster on June 18, 2018 | [–]

That board was run from a private home (originally on a TI 99/4A with the expansion box, and a 300 baud modem). It later moved to an Amiga.

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