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Poll for no reason: When did you first go online? First thing you ever downloaded? First song you downloaded? islander Jul 26, 06:45

Don't remember as many details as you, but here's some stuff that comes to mind... slappydavid Jul 26, 07:14

with dialup, you had to be careful not to dial a long distance number; i remember a phone bill one time in the hundreds! {nm} islander Jul 26, 09:07

man, I remember doing a course in high school called 'information technology' for a semester with DOS Jane_Citizen Jul 26, 12:23

Ha! I feel so ashamed that I had to google your last line. I really shoulda known that :) {nm} islander Jul 26, 12:59

At least your typewriters were electric!! {nm} slappydavid Jul 26, 13:16

I may regret the DOS, but never the touch-typing :) {nm} Jane_Citizen Jul 26, 17:16

Let's see if my memory is as good as yours... accountant_4_Jesus Jul 26, 07:30

Oh, side note: 1996 was when I was 9. {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Jul 26, 07:30

good memory! and 2GB, wow, big time back then :) {nm} islander Jul 26, 09:07

hmm...college campus around 1988...ftp'ing miscellaneous stuff I can't remember...first time at home was AOL around 1995 {nm} tealfan Jul 26, 08:32

"You've got mail!" how exciting was it to hear that :) {nm} islander Jul 26, 09:08

ha! {nm} tealfan Jul 26, 12:15

it was awesome, even better if somebody was at my apartment to hear it! {nm} damenchipguy Jul 26, 12:53

first time online probably 96; first download song was by Magnate - Nuestro Amor Es Asi {nm} daveart Jul 26, 08:43

never heard of it, so I searched around and heard it. kinda catchy :) {nm} islander Jul 26, 09:08

In 1990 I was on local BBS sites. Not sure what year, but my first AOL disk was version 1.3 when you had limited hours. skamanfu Jul 26, 09:20

ive still got aol cds in my cabinets. they were everywhere back then {nm} islander Jul 26, 10:55

My first e-mail address was in 1993 it was first.last@ucobronco.edu damenchipguy Jul 26, 10:36

I should also add that it was not until hughes.net that I could actually stream anything from my office, so alot damenchipguy Jul 26, 10:55

im like you, prefer to buy something physically in store. but selections here keep getting smaller, almost impossible to find blurays at our islander Jul 26, 10:57

Very True, we have a Hastings that has a nice selection but I do not think I could buy a copy of License to ill from a store. {nm} damenchipguy Jul 26, 12:52

My first computer course at Brooklyn College was summer, 1965 but there was no "line" and we had to keypunch our BUY StarBondFund Jul 26, 11:42

Computers weren't still room-size by then, were they? {nm} islander Jul 26, 12:17

The IBM 1620 was about 7 feet wide, 4 feet tall and about 3 feet deep. There was an additional 20K attachment of about half that size. {nm} Buy BONDS 19 coming 7/24/12 Jul 26, 13:18

Because I do not know; is that about the size of today's SmartCar? {nm} damenchipguy Jul 26, 13:52

Bigger {nm} Buy BONDS 19 Now Active Jul 26, 16:29

1994, in the SRC building in my first year at university. Jane_Citizen Jul 26, 12:21

that was you guys?!...I still haven't gotten over that phone prank... {nm} tealfan Jul 26, 15:09

1995. My first email address was astroman@mediaone.net wroberson Jul 26, 21:31

"the things ive hear"? some telescope :). 10-12 years ago, I bought a telescope off of QVC for 100some bucks. Looked through it exactly once {nm} islander Jul 27, 07:55