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		cbozeman 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple picks Gemini to power Siri My older brother and I were pirating software from BBSes before the World Wide Web existed. Talk about being there when the deep magic was written.

raesene9 19 days ago | [–]

Or buying CDs packed with software from markets. In Glasgow you could get copies of loads of high-end software from traders in the Barras market.

esseph 19 days ago | [–]

Exchanging "emails" over FidoNet was so cool

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