Post #3225328

2025-10-02 16:10 UTC

@hedders@mas.to At the time, it didn't seem like much. I'm talking about the days pre-world-wide-web... FTP, Gopher, eMail, IRC, Usenet... Hell, just getting connected was a huge ordeal. My first access to the internet was over dial-up to one of Canada's first public ISPs, which simply connected me to a shell server with a few menu options -- no PPP, no SLIP, no TCP/IP stacks on my computer. It was truly a weird scene...

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@echopapa@social.tchncs.de 2025-10-04 19:38

@JustinDerrick@mstdn.ca our first dialup was a SLIP Connection to the point of presence of Munich ECRC (European Computer-Industry Research Center) one of the first German ISPs (now Cable&Wireless). However, before we could establish a connection, I first went to the ECRC to have a tape recorded with the necessary software for SLIP. Then I had to compile all the stuff on a SPARCstation 1, and I was able to connect to the network with an illegal modem and a blazing speed of 9600 kbit/s. @hedders@mas.to

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@xinit@mastodon.coffee 2025-10-05 06:10

@JustinDerrick@mstdn.ca It didn't feel like it was super important at the time, but it was fucking MAGIC to find a new FTP site with something you didn't even know you wqnt3d until that moment. I worked at one of those mid 90s Canadian ISPs that charged twice as much for a SLIP/PPP account. Marketing ignorance playing on customer ignorance. @hedders@mas.to

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