I remember that back in high school. I believe it was through compuserve , which is now owned by AOL
From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 2:17 PM
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] TV Typewriter: Custom G10 copper clad
On 3/21/2016 1:45 PM, Harvey Altstadter hrconsult@...
[Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
>Hello--
> Aargh! You reminded me of my first encounter with the time sharing
> service that our company contracted with in the 70's. Dial up, 300
> baud, acoustic coupler. I/O was a KRS 33 Teletype. No operating
> system, just a Monitor. I am convinced that that situation caused
> many of our employees to be wary of the PCs when we finally got them.
> That time sharing system was so gruesome that it scared people away
> from wanting to use computers.
>
Gruesome, indeed. One advisory message on our primitive 1970s-era
time-sharing system read, "Changes not saved. OK?"
73--
Brad AA1IP