Telnet was the internet for me in the early years.
There was a bug at the local university dialup for students and teachers - if you failed to login three times it would drop you to a screen where it told you to disconnect but you could actually telnet from that screen.
I used that to go to a few internet BBS's, and then eventually to MUDs which were early text based multiuser RPGs.
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Pronell@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Telnet was the internet for me in the early years.
There was a bug at the local university dialup for students and teachers - if you failed to login three times it would drop you to a screen where it told you to disconnect but you could actually telnet from that screen.
I used that to go to a few internet BBS's, and then eventually to MUDs which were early text based multiuser RPGs.
seathru@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 2y
sdf.org is another one that's fun to poke around on for nostalgia or learning.