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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jun 2013
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1981 Internet story
F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 7/30/13 8:44 AM, Gogarty wrote:
In article ,
says...
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I was on CIS and for a while on another similar provider, the name of
which I don't recall...wait a minute, was it The Source? I am proud
that
I never tried AOL. 
It was The Source. Thanks for jolting my memory. Never did AOL or
Compuserve.
My equipment was all Radio Shack -- TRS80 and TRS100 laptop. That was a
really usefful machine. Ran on AA batteries, used acoustic cups with
modem.
We were early computerized travellers.
Really started witha huge IBM word processor in 1970.
Ahh, the Trash80. Lots of my friends had that one. They all called it
their Trash80.
My first "computer" was an IBM MT/ST. It wasn't mine, actually, but
when I worked at the teachers union, my secretary was the "operator."
It was a large, clunky memory typewriter that used selectric like type
balls. I had to run it on occasion on weekends to produce crap for
board meetings. It was just awful.
I learned Basic programming with my first PC, an IBM PC. Very
frustrating at first because just about everything I input came back
with "syntax error" errors. Cursed a lot...as a guy with two degrees
in English, I did not make "syntax errors," but of course these were
syntax errors of a completely different variety.
I had a freebie account at The Source because a friend had the company
as an advertising and PR account and he had "freebie" accounts to give
out.
Two degrees? The BS continues.
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