Oh. Have you talked to a grey-beard about users groups? Computer Chronicles was sort of like having a users group presentation in your living room every week. I learned about computers by users groups, computer chronicles, hanging out in computer stores and a few long distance phone calls to the bay area.
Stop it, you are making me nostalgic for a time i never completely lived through.
My first memories are of sitting on my father's lap as a 3y old, connecting to a BBS. Even as small as that I understood completely that was special. The interconnectedness of our society is now taking for granted, but man how special it was.
At least you got to experience the carol of the modem tones.
A few years ago I used the 1200 baud connect sequence as a phone ring tone. Everyone chuckled, my child asked "what the he'll was that, I think I heard it in a movie."
