Internet Nostalgia Thread.

Piobaire · Apr 5, 2011

Originally Posted by JohnGalt

One of my fondest memories was gaining access to a linux box on a cablemodem alpha test. This was in the days of like 14.4 speeds. I used to pingflood the **** out of people on IRC. Would also spoof ident and takeover chans with ease.

Yes, back before the days of official bots like "X," having a linux box and running your own channel bot was the ****.

jefe · Apr 5, 2011

I miss the proper warez scene with clean releases in 1.44mb chunks. Being a top 10 uploader on a BBS...

1969 · Apr 5, 2011

I remember when someone explained to me that "they" were going to make it possible to see images and eventually buy things. I was like "no, that will ******* up".

Lane · Apr 5, 2011

MMOs were a bit part of my life before, now I hate them to death

Mblova · Apr 5, 2011

Originally Posted by aphextwin07

I guess it's been long enough and since someone else mentioned it: Wolf:ET (greatest PC multiplayer FPS game of all time)

This^^ and the Rainbow Six games. Playing them online was the **** as was Counter-Strike.

willpower · Apr 5, 2011

Getting scolded for constantly keeping the phone line tied up

Being flamed for using the Internet for commercial purposes

Yahoo News Forums - Taking trolling to a new level

unjung · Apr 5, 2011

Struggling to get Adobe Photoshop 3, a few megs at a time, from Happy Hippoz.

Still have a friend from DalNet who I've talked to three times since 2002 who will get an invite to my wedding.

SpooPoker · Apr 6, 2011

What was that video game that was one of the first to have nudity in it? Larry the Lounge Lizard or something, right?

bbaquiran · Apr 6, 2011

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards

You had to answer history/trivia questions before you could play.

RedLantern · Apr 6, 2011

I was super young so I don't remember all that vivdly, but getting BBS numbers from some trade newspaper.

Having a 2400 baud modem and setting up accounts on multiple BBS to play LORD or the pit, or other games like that.

Ugrading to a 14.4 and being wowed at the speed.

johnbriggs · Apr 6, 2011

Glad to be here in this forum. Well, this is an interesting one. I really enjoy reading this topic.

SpooPoker · Apr 6, 2011

Originally Posted by bbaquiran

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards

You had to answer history/trivia questions before you could play.

Yeah! Thats it. That was awesome, so scandalous back then

zippyh · Apr 6, 2011

Originally Posted by acidboy

microsoft comic chat

met a girl there too, but I flaked on a meet-up.

I remember running comic chat on my home lan and using it to talk to my wife.
It was more a "because I could" thing than anything useful.

erictheobscure · Apr 6, 2011

My parents refused to pay for call waiting, claiming that we didn't need it because we didn't use the phone that much.

I started playing MajorMud on a local BBS. Obsessively.

The local representative from Princeton couldn't call me to schedule an admissions interview because my phone line was always busy. I realized what had happened about a month after the "if you don't hear from us contact us" date.

I find this pretty funny now, but it was a bit mortifying for a few years.

Blackhood · Apr 6, 2011

http://www.cracked.com/article_19109...-wont-get.html

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