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

[Paul Wallace]

you kids ... !

try 'CP/M' (before MS-DOS) ... now that was an OS!





From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Robert Hudson
Sent: Thursday, 13 November 2014 11:49 AM
To: Alexander Neilson
Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Blast from the past - 1994 connect.com.au brochure

DOS 3.32 for me, on a '286.

On 13 November 2014 12:47, Alexander Neilson <alexander at neilson.net.nz<mailto:alexander at neilson.net.nz>> wrote:
I didn't start till Windows for Workgroups 3.11

That was my first OS ever.

Regards

Alexander

Alexander Neilson
Neilson Productions Ltd
Alexander at Neilson.net.nz<mailto:Alexander at Neilson.net.nz>
021 329 681

> On 13/11/2014, at 2:45 pm, Paul Wallace <paul.wallace at mtgi.com.au<mailto:paul.wallace at mtgi.com.au>> wrote:
>
> 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<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<mailto:ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Blast from the past - 1994 connect.com.au<http://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<mailto: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<mailto: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<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<mailto:ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
>>
>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Blast from the past - 1994 connect.com.au<http://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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