Early timesharing/BBS systems

From: Ethan Dicks <dickset_at_amanda.spole.gov>
Date: Tue Jul 20 20:31:38 2004

On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 02:21:55PM -0700, Tom Jennings wrote:
> PS: I can't recall what I used for my very first modem program, but I
> wrote my own simple one very soon, it grew in to one of Phoenix
> Software's least popular programs, PTEL.

Never used that one. My first terminal emulator was the one that came
on cassette with the VICmodem. It was so bad, I wrote my own in VIC
BASIC. That's what I used for CompuServe at 300 baud c. 1982.

Before that, I used real terminals (borrowed, not my own), so there was
no need for a terminal emulator. I got my first ASCII terminal in 1984.
Still have it. Still use it (mostly as a console for the VAX 8200 and
uVAX-II in the basement).

-ethan

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