my first VCR, well, my families first VCR was bought around, 1985 or so, and it had a remote control, that wasnt too remote. it had a cord attached to it :)
not to mention the TV that it connected to. it was some sears tv, that had a spring loaded hole for the remote to get into... and hide. why? not sure. but it did. i guess back then they thought we might want to put the thing that goes, clickety click not close to us on the couch? man, im sooo glad that we made it outta the eighties! tw On 12/12/05, David Lakein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RCN bought Erols ISP. Erols addresses are still around, though. > > My family bought their first VCRs from them, including a top-loader. > One of my first VCR memories is some obscure movie (wish I could > remember which) getting totally mangled about 20 minutes in. > > - david > > 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? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=11 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187492 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
