[AusNOG] Blast from the past - 1994 connect.com.au brochure

Paul Wallace paul.wallace at mtgi.com.au
Thu Nov 13 12:45:57 EST 2014


ah .... Windows 3.1 "for Networks"

the dawn of distributed network filing

(otherwise called chaos)

-P





-----Original Message-----
From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Serge Burjak
Sent: Thursday, 13 November 2014 11:43 AM
To: Nathan Brookfield
Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Blast from the past - 1994 connect.com.au brochure

Had to buy Trumpet Winsock for Windows 3.1 to enable internet access, was it this era or am I ageing myself further..

On 13 November 2014 11:36, Nathan Brookfield <Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au> wrote:
> Or freaking call waiting before Telstra introduced the desktop app for it!!!
>
> Kindest Regards,
> Nathan Brookfield
>
> Chief Executive Officer
> Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd
>
> Web: http://simtronic.com.au
> Phone: 1300 592 330
> Fax: (02) 4749 4950
>
> On 13 Nov 2014, at 12:32, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker 
> <Alex.Samad at yieldbroker.com> wrote:
>
> And when your mum picked up the phone to make a call.... arrrgg :(
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Ross Wheeler [mailto:ausnog at rossw.net]
>
> Sent: Thursday, 13 November 2014 12:25 PM
>
> To: Alex Samad - Yieldbroker
>
> Cc: Damien Gardner Jnr; Mark Delany; ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
>
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Blast from the past - 1994 connect.com.au 
> brochure
>
>
>
> Luxury
>
>
> Waiting for the Linux kernel source to replicate around BBS’s so
>
> there was one close enough to grab cheaply or STD charges or even IDD
>
> charges..
>
>
> Ahh, the "sysop special" pricing Bill Bolton (Netcomm) offered on the 
> original
>
> Trailblazer PEP (and later V32.bis) modems to upgrade from the old 1234SA.
>
> Being co-ord for several nets meant very hefty STD calls twice a day, 
> the
>
> 'blazers reduced call costs significantly!
>
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