"Ratio" — that certainly brings back memories!
Access to online data was a carefully cultivated trickle back then. Every byte you could download was a potential treasure, something new and exciting.
Now online data is just a firehose where every website tries to make me download 50 megs of advertising junk as soon as I knock on their door...
Re:Demoscene guidebook (2018)
by soulchild77 on Thursday November 07, 2019 @02:44PM
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Funny, a guy called Scythe, operating a board called Burning Chrome was a member of my group (Paranoia). We mainly developed PCBoard PPEs. Good times indeed! ;-)
Omfg, Burning Chrome, that's the one! I remember I dug the Gibson reference, still do in fact!
Btw Paranoia rings a bell as well, definitely not an obscure group at all. This is turning into a blast from the past! ^_^
Re:Demoscene guidebook (2018)
by soulchild77 on Saturday November 09, 2019 @07:25AM
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Hehe, sometimes Hacker News is unbelievable. ;-) So, I take it you‘re from the Cologne area as well, given the Burning Chrome‘s proximity to the city (if memory serves) and long-distance calls were outrageously expensive.
IIRC I mainly hung out with the guys from The Coexistence and a BBS operator called Scythe. Nice guys all, and Scythe gave me a good ratio on his Box. Good times! =)