How long have you been 'connected'? - Page 3

Flibster · 22-01-2008, 19:57

Amiga 1000 with a 256k upgrade and a 2400kbps modem.

Still had access to the BBS *although it changed to a website* up until 2000..... Then it shut down.

Nutcase · 22-01-2008, 20:30

I messed briefly with BBS things on the BBC's in the early/mid 90's. First time on the 'net I'm not sure. Don't remember if we had it at school or not, but my Dad bought a 486SX25 when they were brand spanking new, and bought a modem for it, so about that time I guess.

Desmo · 22-01-2008, 21:11

I remember my first proper PC having a 40MB hard drive

Nutcase · 22-01-2008, 21:19

Our first PC came with a massive 120mb drive, but I still have the 20mb hard drive for the Beebs

With its own case, and you have to manually tell the head to park

jmc41 · 22-01-2008, 23:42

early '98, but didn't really start using it regularly until mid-99, GCSE time :s
Must have been on the dell p133 back then, a huge upgrade from the 286

Mark · 22-01-2008, 23:57

I just found a receipt for an old PIII 600MHz laptop I had. That's before the company went bust while it was away being fixed and I had to go chasing after the administrator and insurers to recover the loss. Total price - £2300

I paid £850-ish for a T7700 laptop with 4GB RAM last week. :/

killerkebab · 23-01-2008, 00:16

Had it around '98, and had absolutely zero interest in it. Fast forward to moving to France in 2001, AOL subscription, and the discovery that a game called Deus Ex had a multiplayer patch released for it...

... that was the end of that, and six months later my dad had to get us ADSL (one of the first towns in the whole of France to get hooked up, Will should understand if he remembers where I'm from

) because of an astronomical phone bill incurred by spending something close to 100 hours on the telephone every month...

Garp · 23-01-2008, 00:17

Would have been around '97 when I went to college. Parents got it at home not long after Freeserve came to exist, had to use their machine to access it though so that meant I didn't do online gaming and stuff until much later.

Dr. Z · 23-01-2008, 03:08

I had dialup at home in 1996/7 but had a T1 in 1992/3 when we lived in London. I think I was one of the first people to get a 56k modem and remember the great days of paying Demon to access the internet before ic24, x-stream, redhotant and madasafish came along... It was about then that my parents got completely fed up of the phone being engaged all of the time and so we had NTL broadband put in pretty much as soon as it came out.

leowyatt · 23-01-2008, 15:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Desmo

I remember my first proper PC having a 40MB hard drive

mine had 20MB and a 5 1/4" floppy drive

I came online in around 1995 at school, home probably weeks after and have been online pretty much ever since

22-01-2008, 19:57	#21
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	Amiga 1000 with a 256k upgrade and a 2400kbps modem. Still had access to the BBS although it changed to a website up until 2000..... Then it shut down. __________________

22-01-2008, 21:11	#23
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	I remember my first proper PC having a 40MB hard drive __________________

23-01-2008, 00:16	#27
killerkebab Vodka Martini Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bristol/Reading Posts: 656	Had it around '98, and had absolutely zero interest in it. Fast forward to moving to France in 2001, AOL subscription, and the discovery that a game called Deus Ex had a multiplayer patch released for it... ... that was the end of that, and six months later my dad had to get us ADSL (one of the first towns in the whole of France to get hooked up, Will should understand if he remembers where I'm from ) because of an astronomical phone bill incurred by spending something close to 100 hours on the telephone every month... __________________

23-01-2008, 00:17	#28
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Would have been around '97 when I went to college. Parents got it at home not long after Freeserve came to exist, had to use their machine to access it though so that meant I didn't do online gaming and stuff until much later. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

23-01-2008, 03:08	#29
Dr. Z I'm going for a scuttle... Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,021	I had dialup at home in 1996/7 but had a T1 in 1992/3 when we lived in London. I think I was one of the first people to get a 56k modem and remember the great days of paying Demon to access the internet before ic24, x-stream, redhotant and madasafish came along... It was about then that my parents got completely fed up of the phone being engaged all of the time and so we had NTL broadband put in pretty much as soon as it came out. __________________

22-01-2008, 20:30	#22
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	I messed briefly with BBS things on the BBC's in the early/mid 90's. First time on the 'net I'm not sure. Don't remember if we had it at school or not, but my Dad bought a 486SX25 when they were brand spanking new, and bought a modem for it, so about that time I guess.

22-01-2008, 21:19	#24
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Our first PC came with a massive 120mb drive, but I still have the 20mb hard drive for the Beebs With its own case, and you have to manually tell the head to park

22-01-2008, 23:42	#25
jmc41 Absinthe Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,070	early '98, but didn't really start using it regularly until mid-99, GCSE time :s Must have been on the dell p133 back then, a huge upgrade from the 286

22-01-2008, 23:57	#26
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I just found a receipt for an old PIII 600MHz laptop I had. That's before the company went bust while it was away being fixed and I had to go chasing after the administrator and insurers to recover the loss. Total price - £2300 I paid £850-ish for a T7700 laptop with 4GB RAM last week. :/