Hello out there.........

scarlett · 09-15-2006, 05:22 PM

No computer tips? freebie help? We are all on the internet here let's get this thread moving

I have a pc and a mac laptop love both

Let's hear what you have and how long you have been on the internet.

I have been on the net since 1995. I have a story with that so if anyone wants to hear it lets post to this.

LateNight · 09-15-2006, 05:53 PM

I stumbled online using AOL and Apple's "e-World" back in the day, before the "WEB" took off.. Then I remember either it was AOL or e-World that allowed you to leave there site and venture onto the "Web". wasn't shortly after that, I got an account with a local Internet provider. Even set up our office so 5 computers could share the modem connection. This was like in '94 or '95 ??

All those crazy websites, with like the gray backgrounds, and just really long pages.

geodood · 09-15-2006, 06:01 PM

I'm really old (in PC years). My first online experience was with "The Source" and later on "Compuserve". I had a 300 baud (that's 0.3k) modem when using The Source and upgraded to a 1200 baud (that's 1.2k) modem for Compuserve.

My first internet modem was 14.4K and it was so fast.. (and expensive) But once ShreveNet offered 56k I had to have one. Now I use DSL.

CPUtech · 09-22-2006, 06:31 PM

I would be happy to offer freebie tips and computer help for anyone interested or in need...

Look for a forum JUST for that topic I'll be opening soon!

MattyMattyChooChoo · 11-27-2006, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LateNight

I stumbled online using AOL and Apple's "e-World" back in the day, before the "WEB" took off.. Then I remember either it was AOL or e-World that allowed you to leave there site and venture onto the "Web". wasn't shortly after that, I got an account with a local Internet provider. Even set up our office so 5 computers could share the modem connection. This was like in '94 or '95 ??

All those crazy websites, with like the gray backgrounds, and just really long pages.

Geez, AOL? That's was high-tech compared to the monochrome bulletin-boards of my youth. We'd pick up the monthly computer magazine, which listed dozens of phone numbers for your computer to call. It was basically a dial-up website.

On a completely different topic, does anybody know of any Shreveport blogs? I'm not talking about Gannett-imposed blogs like the Times, just blogs of citizens in Shreveport. Any ideas?

Isaac-Saxxon · 11-28-2006, 05:34 AM

Sorry it took so long but I was waiting for Al Gore to invent it :-) I was just a gamer like Doom and Duke Nuke and others till I got tired of them and now I never game on the computer. Seems some get it and others well they will never get it. Road kill on the internet highway !
Isaac

MattyMattyChooChoo · 11-28-2006, 11:21 AM

Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Doom, RPGs where there were no pictures, just descriptions and you had to type the actions of the characters.

rhertz · 11-28-2006, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MattyMattyChooChoo

On a completely different topic, does anybody know of any Shreveport blogs? I'm not talking about Gannett-imposed blogs like the Times, just blogs of citizens in Shreveport. Any ideas?

This is the only one I know of (by Robert Trudeau)
http://shreveport.blogspot.com/

But really, I *think* this was one of the ideas behind this shreveport.com site. Only there are few blogs so far. I've been thinking of ideas for a blog or even a podcast but I'm not an expert in anything interesting.

VetteZ51 · 12-04-2006, 10:02 PM

To the person asking about blogs -- here is a Shreveport-based blog that has been getting a LOT of activity: www.marshallfannin.com

Hattie Thomas · 12-05-2006, 04:01 PM

I dont have a p.c. I just have a "speak and spell" hot wired to the phone jack.

rhertz · 12-05-2006, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hattie Thomas

I dont have a p.c. I just have a "speak and spell" hot wired to the phone jack.

LMAO. I like you Hattie. My grandmothers name was Hattie. She wasn't a gun totin' nun, but she could hold her own. GLTY

Tomoshibi · 12-27-2006, 11:59 AM

I came along after the web was alrighty out and about. I got my first computer when I was 12-years-old. It had Windows 95, less then 128MB of RAM, the CPU would be considered stoneage by today's standards, YET it was still the most expensive computer I have purchased to date ($1,300). AOL 3.0 was the latest version back then. I was connected through an internal 56k dial-up modem. AOL was AWESOME back then. Very little spam, a lot of nice chatrooms with great people, and hilarious wav sounds to trade (like the infamous DUCKJOB!!!). AOL is slowly dying now, but I've got DSL and love it.

09-15-2006, 05:22 PM	#1
scarlett Advanced Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 474 Rep Power: 229	Hello out there......... No computer tips? freebie help? We are all on the internet here let's get this thread moving I have a pc and a mac laptop love both Let's hear what you have and how long you have been on the internet. I have been on the net since 1995. I have a story with that so if anyone wants to hear it lets post to this.

09-22-2006, 06:31 PM	#4
CPUtech New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bossier City, LA. Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Computer Tips & Freebie Help I would be happy to offer freebie tips and computer help for anyone interested or in need... Look for a forum JUST for that topic I'll be opening soon! __________________ CPUtech CPU Wholesale Computers (318) 747-2345 ext.2 320 E. Texas St. Bossier City. LA.

11-28-2006, 05:34 AM	#6
Isaac-Saxxon SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,421 Rep Power: 313	I have been on the net since 1995. Sorry it took so long but I was waiting for Al Gore to invent it :-) I was just a gamer like Doom and Duke Nuke and others till I got tired of them and now I never game on the computer. Seems some get it and others well they will never get it. Road kill on the internet highway ! Isaac

12-04-2006, 10:02 PM	#9
VetteZ51 New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Shreveport blogs To the person asking about blogs -- here is a Shreveport-based blog that has been getting a LOT of activity: www.marshallfannin.com

12-05-2006, 04:01 PM	#10
Hattie Thomas Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sarepta, Lousiana Age: 53 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	I love technology I dont have a p.c. I just have a "speak and spell" hot wired to the phone jack.

09-15-2006, 05:53 PM	#2
LateNight SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,609 Rep Power: 263	I stumbled online using AOL and Apple's "e-World" back in the day, before the "WEB" took off.. Then I remember either it was AOL or e-World that allowed you to leave there site and venture onto the "Web". wasn't shortly after that, I got an account with a local Internet provider. Even set up our office so 5 computers could share the modem connection. This was like in '94 or '95 ?? All those crazy websites, with like the gray backgrounds, and just really long pages.

09-15-2006, 06:01 PM	#3
geodood Advanced Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 166 Rep Power: 218	I'm really old (in PC years). My first online experience was with "The Source" and later on "Compuserve". I had a 300 baud (that's 0.3k) modem when using The Source and upgraded to a 1200 baud (that's 1.2k) modem for Compuserve. My first internet modem was 14.4K and it was so fast.. (and expensive) But once ShreveNet offered 56k I had to have one. Now I use DSL.

11-28-2006, 11:21 AM	#7
MattyMattyChooChoo Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Shreveport Posts: 86 Rep Power: 0	Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Doom, RPGs where there were no pictures, just descriptions and you had to type the actions of the characters.

12-27-2006, 11:59 AM	#12
Tomoshibi Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bossier City Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	I came along after the web was alrighty out and about. I got my first computer when I was 12-years-old. It had Windows 95, less then 128MB of RAM, the CPU would be considered stoneage by today's standards, YET it was still the most expensive computer I have purchased to date ($1,300). AOL 3.0 was the latest version back then. I was connected through an internal 56k dial-up modem. AOL was AWESOME back then. Very little spam, a lot of nice chatrooms with great people, and hilarious wav sounds to trade (like the infamous DUCKJOB!!!). AOL is slowly dying now, but I've got DSL and love it.

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