On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 04:56 PM, Gary D. Adams wrote: > It didn't come over "from the dark side." It was the only side back > then--there were no personal computers. Your story is informative but I like 'from the darkside'... :) There were several personal computers, they were not electronic however: the slide rule, the abacus, mechanical calculators... --- Using a Merlin C201 Sprint Wireless Modem Card in a Titanium Powerbook G4 and getting 123.1 kilobits per second downloads...almost 4X faster than dialup. The salesman said it wouldn't work in a Mac... JackRodgers at earthlink.net http://www.JackRodgers.com http://www.LobateLacScale.com