[ale] A little gripe

[Wandered Inn]

> Chris Fowler wrote:
> 
> How about cheap PC's and fast cheap modems.  I still miss gopher.  It
> also seems that many Internet directories and
> books were produced that time as well as starter kits for sell at
> Comp-USA.  How many net newbies remember
> the beauty of a shell account or SLIP?

How many remember acoustic couplers at 150 baud?

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