| [06-13 23:37] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: was one of the major ones for earil 90s |
| [06-13 23:37] | [Chat] | No: that was the start of the endless newbie |
| [06-13 23:37] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: then aol and its free disk pr pretty much took over |
| [06-13 23:37] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: and every one was using aol and custom browser they had |
| [06-13 23:37] | [Chat] | No: I have an AOL 2.0 CD in the tin can |
| [06-13 23:38] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: when aol tart to just give away cds and offer 30 free days that pretty much madethem the it isp |
| [06-13 23:38] | [Chat] | No: pretty rare these days but were sent out by the million then |
| [06-13 23:38] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: yeah |
| [06-13 23:38] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: aolell was it |
| [06-13 23:38] | [Chat] | No: at first it was 10 hours free |
| [06-13 23:38] | [Chat] | No: then 20 |
| [06-13 23:39] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: yeah they did the free ot draw you in |
| [06-13 23:39] | [Chat] | No: then a month |
| [06-13 23:39] | [Chat] | No: then 2 |
| [06-13 23:39] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: then you where hooked using there custom interface |
| [06-13 23:39] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: that didnt work with othersoftware easily |
| [06-13 23:39] | [Chat] | No: i used telnet (service, not app) and tymnet a lot in those days |
| [06-13 23:40] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: gopher was popular then too |
| [06-13 23:40] | [Chat] | No: mostly for IRC |
| [06-13 23:40] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: then usenet |
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