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What's your favorite memory from the early internet? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by 5redie8@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] electrorocket@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Configuring a TCP to PPP socket so I could dial in to my college account. I always like getting things to work more than the end result. Like I have more memories of editing autoexec.bat and comfig.sys files than actually playing the games that helped me boot up.

[–] azron@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

If you aren't a selfhoster maybe you should be :)