I can't even begin to tally how many hours I of my youth that were spent on BBSes. I started out with a 300 baud modem on my Commodore 64, in 1985. Nothing was more frustrating than being 90% through an XMODEM download of some new game and someone in the house picked up a phone and kicked you off the connection!
Computing was so much more fun back in the day than it is today. Primitive, sure, but a much more interesting challenge. I think that's what I like about my recent forays into microcontroller programming and DIY automation stuff - it reminds me a lot of that golden age of home computing.
Squeaky Frog
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