Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird?
by code_duck on Thursday January 31, 2019 @12:58PM
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Access to a modem, a piece of hardware that cost hundreds of dollars, and obviously also required a machine that cost thousands. Unless you attended a university, which was also more exclusive in the early 80s than now.
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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird?
by Baeocystin on Thursday January 31, 2019 @03:05PM
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Things changed very rapidly back then. By the time I was old enough to be part of BBS culture (mid-80's), a Commodore was a couple hundred dollars, and a modem not even $100. Penetration by % of population was low compared to today's ubiquity, but competent machines were readily affordable to the majority of Americans.