Although I progressed from my childhood into my teens in the 90s, l don’t retain much memory of the internet back then as l had no exposure to it.

  • Thebeardedsinglemalt
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    3 hours ago

    Oh they were! I had a huge collection of those full suite proggies, a couple different punters, phishing tools, and servers. I even programmed my own punter at one point.

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      2 hours ago

      Yep. I remember AOHell and Firetoolz specifically, though I’m sure i had others, lol.

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      AOL deserved all the hate it got, but it was also such a great place to be… Keywords, chatrooms galore, AIM, it was definitely a magical time.