From: James Elliott (james.elliott_at_newted.org)
Date: Mon Jul 14 2003 - 21:19:41 PDT
I know exactly what you mean, man. I used to bike in to the public
library to use the "internet gateway" on the terminals. That way I
could spend hours instead of minutes, since I didn't need to keep the
phone line clear like I did at home. As a matter of fact, I'm still
pissed that they ditched the terminals last year. Now you have to go
to their web site and access the card catalogue via a clunky, slow
interface. I still telnet into the old DYNIX system, though, since
they have yet to shut it off.
-James
> Wow, for those of us still in OS 9 world, it would have been cool to see an
>updated version of it. I really do miss those days, like I said before,
>whendialing online in my cold dark basement with one dim light on was the
>coolest thing ever. Sigh... Everything is too commercialized now, and a
>lotof the appeal the internet once had for me is now gone. :-(
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