Prestel, Mailbox, Micronet, Chatlines - live capture! скачать в хорошем качестве

Prestel, Mailbox, Micronet, Chatlines - live capture!

Bit of a gem here. A capture of logging into Prestel, checking and replying to Mailboxes (e-mail!) and browsing the Micronet Chatlines. July 1st 1988 ! The first day that the new time charges were in force, and many people had left the service rather than double their costs! There was an informal "swearathon" on the chatlines the night before in protest, which was not looked upon farourable by Micronet. Several people were suspended, and several chatlines closed temporarily. (Only a couple of years later, they were all closed permanently for the same reason.) This is just the first part of this capture, plus I have more from the night before... Note - the original capture was of the character output only, so no timing. I have added some approximate delays to make it a little more authentic. Also, viewing the chatlines was here done "backwards", i.e. read the latest message, then work back. This might be confusing! Also, pages could be interrupted if you had seen enough, which is why many don't complete!