The earliest posting I can find that I made is June 4, 1991 (http://groups.google.com/group/comp.dcom.fax/browse_thread/thread/eb54dd55440321ff/108a104588b04950?lnk=st&q=hhallika&rnum=446#108a104588b04950). I must have done some stuff before that, but that's the earliest Google finds today. This was done through either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo CA, where I had an account, or the Cleveland Freenet, which I could telnet to. By this time, I was probably using a 286 computer. My first Internet stuff (or timeshare using "Source Telecomputing" was using a Lear Siegler ADM-1 terminal and a home built modem using the XR2206 and XR2211, running at 300bps. Harold > 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 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 >> >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- FCC Rules Updated Daily at http://www.hallikainen.com - Advertising opportunities available! -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist