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cbozemantoday at 4:02 AM2 repliesview on HN

My older brother and I were pirating software from BBSes before the World Wide Web existed.

Talk about being there when the deep magic was written.


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raesene9today at 8:48 AM

Or buying CDs packed with software from markets. In Glasgow you could get copies of loads of high-end software from traders in the Barras market.

essephtoday at 8:30 AM

Exchanging "emails" over FidoNet was so cool