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Re: Commodore 64 Ultimate

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-=> Bo Holt wrote to Dr. What <=-

 DW> If Win95 came out but AOL stayed just an "island" (i.e. not opening up the
 DW> Internet), we'd probably end up with the world we have now, but it would h
 DW> taken longer to happen.

BH> Ugh...  No way to avoid it then LOL

*Laugh*  Nope.   No way to avoid it.

Even toward the end, some BBSs were offering a limited Internet experience
(Mostly Usenet and files).

But the trolls, spammers and "Me Too!" people were already on the BBSs.

AOL let all those "negative" people concentrate on one system that had no
incentive to boot them off.
Most of those "negative" people had already been kicked off (or limited) on
their local BBSs.


... Without my ignorance, your knowledge would be meaningless
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