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Comment by cbozeman

3 days ago

My older brother and I were pirating software from BBSes before the World Wide Web existed.

Talk about being there when the deep magic was written.

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raesene9  2 days ago

Or buying CDs packed with software from markets. In Glasgow you could get copies of loads of high-end software from traders in the Barras market.

esseph  2 days ago

Exchanging "emails" over FidoNet was so cool

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