With all the talk about 3G, WiFi/WiMax and Web 2.0, it’s hard to believe that 20 years ago, the fastest you can connect was 300 bits per second. Yes, bits not bytes.
Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) on dialup started in August 1986. Ten years ago, 1996, I thought of putting up a site called “Dekada” to commemorate the tenth anniversary. Since the site is no longer around, it’s a good thing the Internet Archive has preserved the contents.
Here is the conversation from an old ph-isp mailing list. I’m not surprised if you don’t understand the 20-year old jargon. I’m sure some of you never even used dialup Internet!
An archive of my old site is here: www.bbs.org.ph