At 12:58 AM -0400 10/27/00, Peter Tonoli wrote:
I'm suprised with the amount of Mac users here, that no-one's mentioned BBS systems such as 'firstclass'. Firstclass was the first GUI based terminal application I ever used - it allowed you to call BBS'es while retaining an interface similar to the finder - at a reasonable speed too. Downloading files was simly a click and a drag away.
I used FirstClass sometime around 1989-90, maybe '88. I had a service called "PC-Pursuit" which allowed me to dial-in to my ISP at no charge. However, dialing-in to bulletin boards was not very interesting compared to using Usenet, then mailing lists and gopher and archie. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. --Tim May -- ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, "Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.