Ah- the days of dial up. Click- whiirrrrrr- eeeeeeee- bong bong bong- krrrkrkrkrkrkrkr-The first time I saw the the internet demonstrated was at an old friend’s house. I sat and watched AOL go through it’s routine while my friend went to the kitchen and made an entire pot of coffee. Coffee was ready and we still hadn’t gotten through.
I didn’t worry about getting hacked when I was on Compuserve! Seems like I remember paying $2.00 for 8 minutes of time per month and that was enough! Wasn’t that about 20 years ago? What we have today is pretty amazing when you think about it.
Wow. A CompuServe reference. I remember when I got my CIS account and thought I was somebody to get one. Would’ve been around the time of this strip (1997). Ah, good times, good times…
TEMPLO S.U.D. Oh the good old days of hardly any emails, and what you got was from somebody you knew. Right now there are 400 emails in my box, mostly junk.
Connections were so slow that there was a software that showed jokes and fun facts while the next screen displayed. It was called Zing, I believe – small wonder it’s now defunct and long forgotten, thank God.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
oh, the good ol’ days of dial-up Internet which tied up the phone line
SpacedInvader Premium Member over 5 years ago
Wow, I could have done without that reminder. It was worse with call waiting. But with the right stuff you could download to cassette tape.
juncarlo over 5 years ago
I cannot believe it, the first thing that comes is spam.
DanFlak over 5 years ago
I remember those days of 1200 baud modems. Every technician at my service provider had a different setup string for programming the damned thing.
scottartist creator over 5 years ago
Ah- the days of dial up. Click- whiirrrrrr- eeeeeeee- bong bong bong- krrrkrkrkrkrkrkr-The first time I saw the the internet demonstrated was at an old friend’s house. I sat and watched AOL go through it’s routine while my friend went to the kitchen and made an entire pot of coffee. Coffee was ready and we still hadn’t gotten through.
the lost wizard over 5 years ago
Zero new messages. That’s good news these days.
kab2rb over 5 years ago
Good thing I have spam.
chromosome Premium Member over 5 years ago
The ones who would have sent her messages couldn’t get on, either.
BiggerNate91 over 5 years ago
Is this an arc where they replace the computer?
paulscon over 5 years ago
I didn’t worry about getting hacked when I was on Compuserve! Seems like I remember paying $2.00 for 8 minutes of time per month and that was enough! Wasn’t that about 20 years ago? What we have today is pretty amazing when you think about it.
Stephen Gilberg over 5 years ago
Incidentally, I just got phone spam that I can’t delete for some reason.
JD'Huntsville'AL over 5 years ago
This is before the spammers invaded the email system.
Obi-Haiv over 5 years ago
Wow. A CompuServe reference. I remember when I got my CIS account and thought I was somebody to get one. Would’ve been around the time of this strip (1997). Ah, good times, good times…
tcayer over 5 years ago
Ha ha. If I don’t check in a few hours, I have hundreds
banjinshiju over 5 years ago
Ah! The good ol’ days of dial up internet!
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 5 years ago
That loud crash?
Heh heh…
She defenestrated her windows.
lindz.coop Premium Member over 5 years ago
TEMPLO S.U.D. Oh the good old days of hardly any emails, and what you got was from somebody you knew. Right now there are 400 emails in my box, mostly junk.
Printer over 5 years ago
We are so blessed today and this generation complains the most.
Jaime Jean M over 5 years ago
Connections were so slow that there was a software that showed jokes and fun facts while the next screen displayed. It was called Zing, I believe – small wonder it’s now defunct and long forgotten, thank God.