sf wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:54:21 -0500, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:

>> aol had Usenet as far back as 1995 when I started with them.
>
> Honestly, I don't know when they finally hit the internet. All I know
> is it was years after I had *real* internet access. I'm not such an
> oldie that I ever participated in them, but bulletin boards were still
> *very* popular when I signed up for my first ISP.
>
>

Bulletin Boards were popular. AAMOF, I was trained by AOL to co-host a
monthly RV chat. They paid me in minutes which was a big help in the
days of paying by the minute for Internet connections. Those minutes
stayed in my account for years after I switched to a monthly plan.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south-Texas