Yes they sold electronics. Had some fairly bizzare ads. larry
On 12/12/05, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > erols was a video store wasnt it? > thats what i remember from being a young tike > in the balt/wash area. > > i grew up in bmore. > tw > > > On 12/12/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thought that Erols was a computer store that sort of stumbled into > > the ISP market. One question, was it UUNET that bought out the ISP > > side or RCN/Starpower? > > > > larry > > > > On 12/12/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > UUNet may have bought Erols, but I think they preceded Erols by more > > > than a decade. I was getting a usenet feed through uunet in the late > > > 80s, I think) > > > > > > Both compuserve and prodigy had those dumb addresses - for internet mail. > > > > > > Only compuserve used that horrible string for internal addressing as well. > > > > > > Prodigy used simple names (jjohnson for me) for all inside-prodigy > > > email and boards. (IIRC) > > > > > > On 12/12/05, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > wait, was i mistaken, was it compuserve and not prodigy > > > > that had those dumb addresses? or was it really both? > > > > > > > > heck, all i knew was erol's back then :) anyone remember > > > > them? and didnt they eventually become uunet? and does > > > > anyone remember UUDecoding porn out of email? and then > > > > UUEncoding it back into an email and sending it? > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187487 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
