Posted by MassiveProng on 02/03/07 03:49

On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 18:08:41 +0100, "Low Life #3"
<holden_mcthynge@hotmail.com> Gave us:

>"SFTVratings" <SFTVratings_troy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:1170413859.944019.35140@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
>
>: (2) I've been posting on Usenet since 1988 (back when computers were
>: only a few kilobytes worth of RAM). I don't need some Newbie like you
>: telling me what I can or can not do.
>
>got you beat by two years... 1986 email and USENET access via a dumb
>terminal connected to a DEC mainframe, back-bone site on the old ARPANET.
>UNIX system and posted using the vi text editor. Fewer wankers in those
>days.
>
Here's a man that really knows where the roots lay.

ARPANET hooks are rare indeed.

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