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Re:Rocky Mountain Basic by gwbas1c on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @09:31AM (#29649803)
When I logged into my first dial-up BBS, I had no idea what to use as my handle. My manual for GWBasic was sitting in front of me.

25 years later I'm GWBas1c on Hacker news.

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Re:Rocky Mountain Basic by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @12:27PM (#29652376)
That is about the most "HN" comment I have ever read (or at least "nerd", in the positive sense).
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Re:Rocky Mountain Basic by quaffapint on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @09:42AM (#29649939)
Damn, I should have been C64SysRef.
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Re:Rocky Mountain Basic by kwertyoowiyop on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @10:11AM (#29650321)
I should have been loadquotestarquotecomma8comma1.
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Re:Rocky Mountain Basic by reaperducer on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @09:44AM (#29649980)
The password i used for CompuServe was my modem model number. Same reason.
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