l33t and lanky back when the ping of doom (death) was a thing. I spent my nights in IRC channels and hyperterms connected to the local library (free uplink to local college with uplink out to internet) that I had no business being in. Free juno email accounts were the rage at the time and required dialing in to various hosted phone numbers to get your email. While I miss the good times, the bad times included no USB support, driver hell, and IDE cables that wouldn't fit.