I ran WWIV at age 15 in 1995.


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Re: MY FIRSTS
By: Utopian Galt to All on Tue Apr 11 2023 08:44 pm

I ran WWIV at age 15 in 1995.

I ran WWIV at age 23 in 1993. Had to start somewhere. :)

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Re: MY FIRSTS
By: Utopian Galt to All on Tue Apr 11 2023 08:44 pm

I ran WWIV at age 15 in 1995.

:) I had set up WWIV on my first PC soon after I got it in 1992 (I was 12) but I didn't put it online as we didn't have a separate phone line yet.. We ended up getting a second phone line for my PC in 1994, and I decided to take the most advantage of it by setting up a BBS at that time (I was 14). I decided to use RemoteAccess.

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Re: MY FIRSTS
By: Diamond Dave to Utopian Galt on Wed Apr 12 2023 04:49 am

I ran WWIV at age 15 in 1995.

I ran WWIV at age 23 in 1993. Had to start somewhere. :)

I ran WWIV from 1988-1990 (ages 18-20). We're apparently the same age. :-)
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On 11 Apr 2023, Utopian Galt said the following...

I ran WWIV at age 15 in 1995.

Awesome!

Started with original Fido in '84 switching to OPUS about the end of '85/beginning of '86, myself.

Was absolutely fascinated in the use of non-realtime packet switchstream (store and forward using dark (unused) connectivity) to send and get messages from stateside to wherever I was overseas.

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Re: MY FIRSTS
By: Digital Man to Diamond Dave on Wed Apr 12 2023 11:40 am

I ran WWIV at age 23 in 1993. Had to start somewhere. :)

I ran WWIV from 1988-1990 (ages 18-20). We're apparently the same age. :-)

You're three months younger than me. :)

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I ran WWIV at age 15 in 1995.

I ran WWIV at age 23 in 1993. Had to start somewhere. :)

Ponder, first thing I ran was probably remote access somewhere about 1990, maybe 91 at age 20-21. Had to get my own phone line...

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Re: MY FIRSTS
By: Spectre to Diamond Dave on Thu Apr 13 2023 08:15 am

I ran WWIV at age 15 in 1995.

I ran WWIV at age 23 in 1993. Had to start somewhere. :)

Ponder, first thing I ran was probably remote access somewhere about 1990, maybe 91 at age 20-21. Had to get my own phone line...

I got my own phone line as well. It gave me an excuse to get one :)

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12 Apr 23 17:06, you wrote to Digital Man:

Re: MY FIRSTS
By: Digital Man to Diamond Dave on Wed Apr 12 2023 11:40 am

I ran WWIV at age 23 in 1993. Had to start somewhere. :)

I ran WWIV from 1988-1990 (ages 18-20). We're apparently the same
age. :-)

You're three months younger than me. :)

am i the youngest here with '81?

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|05On |11Wednesday,April 12, 2023 at 03:49, |14Diamond Dave (21:1/194)|05 wrote:|07

|11DD|09> |02 Re: MY FIRSTS|07
|11DD|09> |02 By: Utopian Galt to All on Tue Apr 11 2023 08:44 pm|07
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|11DD|09> |02> I ran WWIV at age 15 in 1995.|07
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|11DD|09> |02I ran WWIV at age 23 in 1993. Had to start somewhere. :)|07

I ran WWIV at 24 in 1991. You guys make me feel old. :D

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Xenos wrote to Diamond Dave <=-

I ran WWIV at 24 in 1991. You guys make me feel old. :D

If this is a WWIV party then I guess I am out. :)

I ran GT Power at ~18 in 1988. I am still running it on another system.
I tried a system called Colossus before GT, but could not get it to answer
the phone properly. There were many GT systems in my area at the time so
it was easy to get help.


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I ran WWIV at 24 in 1991. You guys make me feel old. :D

Lol I think I was right there with you, maybe even closer to 1989 ... To make you feel better, I ran C-Net in 1985 or 1986, I forget which year..

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|11TG|09> |02Xe> I ran WWIV at 24 in 1991. You guys make me feel old. :D|07 |11TG|09> |07
|11TG|09> |02Lol I think I was right there with you, maybe even closer to 1989 ... To|07
|11TG|09> |02make you feel better, I ran C-Net in 1985 or 1986, I forget which year..|07

If I had convinced my parents to get an Atari 1030, I'd probably have run an AMIS or other Atari 8-bit BBS around that time (1985) too.

p.s. I had to get my parents cooperation to buy stuff from overseas because Atari computer hardware was not readily available here in the Philippines at the time.


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