My First Experience of the Internet
We remember when this was all fields, and lived a furtive life of dial-up modems and dodgy newsgroups. Tell us about how you came to love the internets.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 22 Mar 2012, 11:56)
Anyone else remember a very early DOS-based email system called 'Higgins' (named after the butler in 'Magnum')
Late 80's - it was a slow pile of crap that was massively proprietary, no IP/SMTP, just Higgins-to-Higgins comms, the first version wouldn't allow what we've come to know as attachments, it real was rubbish.
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Chopper3, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 16:48,
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I don't, no.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 17:03,
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I dont either, sorry.
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Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 17:22,
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I remember Higgins.
No, wait: I've never heard of it.
I always get those two mixed up.
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.Yeti., Mon 26 Mar 2012, 17:59,
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yeah I remember that! boy it was total shit, you might as well have sellotaped the attachment to the screen and tried to push it through, good times
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vladimir, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 19:13,
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wait....no, sorry, I was lying :(((
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vladimir, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 19:15,
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No, but
Tubbs was a kickarse browser. Even better than lynx.
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Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:13,
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No.
No-one remembers it. It was a figment of your imagination.
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The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:03,
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Ah, that brings back memories.
I didn't realise it was named after Magnums butler.
Oh, hang on. No, I think I'm thinking of Wordperfect.
Sorry, never heard of it.
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username failed moderation, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 8:57,
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