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BBS's would like a word
No kidding. Wardialing with my C64 and a 300 baud modem was the shit in the mid 80s.
I think bbs is considered pre-internet. Or maybe alternate and separate to the internet since you would dial directly to them. To my understanding internet didnt really have public access until the late 80's/early 90s.
Im 38 so i wasnt really there, just my understanding