Thanks for that Russell - what a blast from the past. My first post
was on May 17th 1990. I think I can date all my current spam back to
that first exposure :)

Cheers,
Zik

On 4/15/07, Russell McMahon <apptech@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> I'm sure that the following "information" will be of underwhelming
> interest to most readers :-(.
> Ross / Ken might wish to forward this to Steve Baldwin.
>
> I just discovered by chance that Google groups knows about an earlier
> internet posting of mine than it previously did - probably courtesy of
> Henry Spencer's archiving activities.
>
> My oldest recorded internet footprint is now April 24th 1992 - 14
> years ago in another 9 days. Unlike my prior oldest known post where
> Henry Spencer was pointing out the deficiencies in my rocketry
> knowledge (some things don't change) this post has me recommending a
> friend's mobile data terminals to a fellow NZer, Steve Baldwin. Small
> world.
>
> ________
>
> Underwhelming record of a seemingly random selection of 8 of my early
> posts (out of a rather larger number of actual originals). The basis
> on which posts survived or not in the archives is unknown.
>
>         http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=xd4hyhwAAABhsdWrCdUB5d0YzrBbu6KU-V0lwH-bjkNlu70c8Z4Iew
>
> My access way back then was by 300 baud modem to a local BBS system
> (Kappa Crucis) which just happened to have internet access via a
> landline to the university. This was exceedingly rare at that stage -
> I know of no other Auckland NZ BBS at that stage that provided net
> access. Local isolated BBSs were essentially the sole means of PC
> intercommunications.
>
>
>
>
>         Russell
>
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