[RKDinOKC]

I was one of four HS students with my own login and storage space on the school system's main frame. The interface was a iBM electric typewriter terminal with an acoustical modem link. There was no screen, it was all done with the paper on the typewriter. I got a whole 2K of storage space for my programs.

Right after I graduated my brother got one of the first Apple II computers. You used a cassette player/recorder to load and save programs. When I looked into computer classes in college I found they were using the old typewriter terminals and programming was taught on punch cards. After messing around with my brother's AppleII I decided the schools computer program was way out of date, sucked, and started saving for my own AppleII computer.

My first computer was an Apple Iic. It had 128K of memory and a 5-1/4 floppy and a monochrome monitor, but could also use a color TV for the display. AND it also had a built in 900 baud modem.

When using the modem you sent the characters AT to get the attention of the modem and then send commands. If you type ET instead of AT the modem would respond Phone Home instead of Ready.

The programming I did with it was automating calling up BBS's and uploading my replies and downloading any new messages or new software. Also hacked and cracked the copy protection of software we found. Collected a LOT of software.