> Uhm we did have BBS's and news groups long before the Internet > (as we know it now). I had my home machine on the UUCP network > in '88 I dipped my toe in the water with BBS about then, using a C=64 and a World Modem chip project. ISTR it was 300 or 2400 baud, slow as a wet Sunday. Local NZ BBS were not too active, or that interesting really, and I drifted away for a couple of years -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist