@rain_storm: thanks mate! If you ever have a chance to get an Amiga, get one. Code some stuff in assembler and you will then understand how powerful this machine was! You will look differently at you PC after this experience...
and regarding the postal service.. well yeah! before the Web there were the BBSes, phone-line based servers that you could connect to via modems... when the line was not busy
... but before that yes, the postal service was the king. Picture this: hundreds of people sending floppy disks... carfully covered with aluminium paper to protected them from the X-ray machines at the customs
what a great time! I remember that after school we were always going to the post office to see if somebody from abroad sent us something to our P.O. Box!!! Then when this was the case, we rushed back home to unpack the parcel and see what was inside. Usually swappers or spreaders (the names given to the people in charge of the floppy disk exchange between groups) wrote endless letters. Of course it was great to read them!! pretty much like children getting presents at Christmas from Santa Claus!!!
now what? right click on the URL and "Save As..." ... definitely less charming
