Really. They ordered tires online in 86 huh? That's a good one. There was no online in 86, other that BBS systems which were all hobbiest systems, with very few multi line systems starting to show up, but nobody doing e-commerce, as there was no such thing yet. Credit cards were still processed by hand back then. Something about this story smells to me. The facts as reported don't make sense.
And yes, I was actually involved in the first of the national communications networks. I was personally involved in the systems that were moving early email via dialup from coast to coast overnight, by hopping from system to system. I actually knew the guy who started Fidonet (and wrote the software by that name) and was involved in two alternate networks that pre-dated the internet, so I'm not talking about what someone told me, I was THERE.
And yes, I was actually involved in the first of the national communications networks. I was personally involved in the systems that were moving early email via dialup from coast to coast overnight, by hopping from system to system. I actually knew the guy who started Fidonet (and wrote the software by that name) and was involved in two alternate networks that pre-dated the internet, so I'm not talking about what someone told me, I was THERE.
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