It was spring of 1994. My college had just gotten three computers in the library that had internet access. There was a machine running Mosaic and the other two had Veronica and Gopher.
We didn't have college email accounts yet, but I somehow found this FreeNet in Ohio where I could get an account. You couldn't chose an username, your email was a string of numbers. I never closed the account. I wonder if it still exists?
You had to sign up to use the machines and you could only use it for 15 minutes intervals. It wasn't until the fall of 1995 that they wired the dorms and you could get access from your room. I had my Mac Classic II (with the 9-inch gray scale screen) and my 14.4 modem and every night I dialed into The Net.
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