Comment by Scottn1

Thanks for this.

Brings back memories of me being about 11 years old in early 80s when I got my first IBM PC, eventually a modem and that turned into me hosting a small BBS that got sort of semi-busy. But I only was able to have it active during the day and overnight so my dad would not know. I remember having to walk the long telephone wire across a room and down a hallway to reach the phone jack several times a day and then so excited hearing those connections coming in. What great times!

Then the $300 phone bill came in and my father blew his top and took my whole computer with him to work after that for a few months. Back then, a land-line phone call was charged by the minute, even if calling a neighbor.