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0099ccb1 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @fc501b69 woah. My parents would have kicked me to make expensive phone calls then.

My dad still freaked out when I ordered a phone line for my first apartment in 1991. But in the end he was the one using it most so I could help him with his computer accidents. 😂
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @12cd8184

Oh man, my mom even bought me a compuserve subscription. I seem to remember it was something insane like $6/minute?!? (Or was it hour???)

I don't remember using it very much. She got me GEnie in the very early 90s, and that was more affordable (and had a lot of good mac stuff in it)

I vaguely remember hooking up to some BBSes as well, now.