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

[Robert Hudson]

Trumpet Winsock was then or there-abouts.

There were add-ons for Mac OS 6.x at the same time (the name of them
escapes me at present, but I somehow became the default Mac support person
for the dial-up ISP I worked for)...

On 13 November 2014 12:42, Serge Burjak <sburjak at systech.com.au> wrote:

> 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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