nostr:npub1l3gpk6vrudg8r67swqlex5alv9ch59s4lw46kk6hekuxe2n3aczsyqvu48 none of that was a thing over here. I read about Compuserve in Byte Magazine and I think it was technically available but too expensive.

We did a lot of BBSes and Fidonet in the late 80s/early 90s. In Europe there were no free local calls. Where I lived you paid today's equivalent of 80 cents for a block of 6 daytime or 12 nighttime minutes which was ok if you had a local BBS. A friend of mine ran one out of his student room stuffed full with modems and PCs. 😄