I don't like the blood requirements for the OT either -- my insurance would cover it, but I'm happier with Aviva's 0.6 requirement. Freestyle was my first and favorite, but no coverage. (sigh)
I started on a 300 baud with a Commodore 64 (well, sort of -- I copied what I saw someone else do to log into local BBS's, although I didn't know what I was doing!). I remember dialing with the phone because the pulse dial was too slow, and then hanging it up after enabling the modem. I remember the terminal software having an option for 150 baud. I never thought BBS's would disappear like they did... I ran a MajorBBS system for a friend who must have poured thousands into the software before the collapse of the system into a ghosttown... he had 6 phone lines going into his house in the beginning, but kept reducing it down until it was just one line, and one call a week.
There was a website called
www.bbsmates.com where you could look up old lists of BBS systems and even post messages if you were an old user, to try to find old friends.
Ironically, that website just went down two weeks ago, and I still haven't seen it up (though Google has it cached -- hopefully they just took a vacation).
Here's a
link to an article that brings up those old days... *sigh*
Now I'm in a sentimental mood!
