The Net Nostalgia Thread.

HeadlessChicken · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:00

Buying a Diamond SupraExpress 56k External V90 (serial port) for £110 to get a 170+ ping instead of a 190+ ping on Unreal Tournament

MikeHunt79 · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:03

starcraft was and still is awesome...

Sin_Chase · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:10

I had a Diamond SupraExpress modem too, internal!

ZG002 · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:11

Wireplay on quake II at a mates and Action quake.

Me and him building a computer for me from spare parts getting it working and me getting the internet at home and some naughty phone bills for a few months lol.

Sin_Chase · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:13

Ohohoho!

Good times. :cool:

Hitman_Leon · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:38

SoundsGood said:
The Anarchists Cookbook!

Shhhhhhhh!, thought police will have you up on terrorist charges :eek:

ZG002 said:
Action quake

The daddy!

Yamahahahahaha · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:46

Sin_Chase said:
Go!Zilla pic

It was all about GetRight!

I remember downloading the demo for Q2 (or 3?) which was 38MB and took THREE HOURS.

Spyhop · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:49

Yamahahahahaha said:
I remember downloading the demo for Q2 (or 3?) which was 38MB and took THREE HOURS.

I remember downloading ISOs from FTP sites overnight, with auto redial and resume every 2hrs when the ISP kicked you off, and being chuffed to get 50MB a night.

Bad times.

2blue4u · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:55

I remember replacing a 300 baud modem for a 1200/75 then using the early Viewdata, Prestel and Prestel Gold services - then the early compuserve. I think it was Prestel that was used for the early online banking with the bank of scotland. Only they and the Clydesdale Bank did online banking in those days, closely followed by a small building society - I think it was the Leicestershire Building Society.

JudgeC · 1 Dec 2009 at 10:42

2blue4u said:
I remember replacing a 300 baud modem for a 1200/75 then using the early Viewdata, Prestel and Prestel Gold services - then the early compuserve. I think it was Prestel that was used for the early online banking with the bank of scotland. Only they and the Clydesdale Bank did online banking in those days, closely followed by a small building society - I think it was the Leicestershire Building Society.

Ah, Compunet.
It introduced me to the delights of online Chat Rooms, Email and Online Gaming (M.U.D.).
I remember uploading stuff used to take a bloody age, as the modem was something like 1200/75 baud :eek:

I was an active user for a while, 1986 - 1988, if my memory serves me.