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One of the Kids from our Modem Group

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M.O.R.E. - I was one of the "adult" members.

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Ah, the good ol' days... I remember the "TRASH 80" (RS TRS-80) with the "dual cup audio coupling modem". It was basic if you knew BASIC! :whoa:

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I go back to "BPC" (Before PC's) with communications and computers. But, my first PC was a Commodore VIC20 and I had a dial-up modem to connect to AOL.
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Tons of ham operators used those Commodores to do packet radio!
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I may, in fact, be nuts. However, I am screwed onto the right bolt... Jesus!