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We remember when this was all fields, and lived a furtive life of dial-up modems and dodgy newsgroups. Tell us about how you came to love the internets.

(, Thu 22 Mar 2012, 11:56)
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Anyone else remember a very early DOS-based email system called 'Higgins' (named after the butler in 'Magnum')
Late 80's - it was a slow pile of crap that was massively proprietary, no IP/SMTP, just Higgins-to-Higgins comms, the first version wouldn't allow what we've come to know as attachments, it real was rubbish.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 16:48, 8 replies)
I don't, no.

(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 17:03, closed)
I dont either, sorry.

(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 17:22, closed)
I remember Higgins.
No, wait: I've never heard of it.

I always get those two mixed up.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 17:59, closed)
yeah I remember that! boy it was total shit, you might as well have sellotaped the attachment to the screen and tried to push it through, good times

(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 19:13, closed)
wait....no, sorry, I was lying :(((

(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 19:15, closed)
No, but
Tubbs was a kickarse browser. Even better than lynx.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 20:13, closed)
No.
No-one remembers it. It was a figment of your imagination.
(, Mon 26 Mar 2012, 21:03, closed)
Ah, that brings back memories.
I didn't realise it was named after Magnums butler.

Oh, hang on. No, I think I'm thinking of Wordperfect.

Sorry, never heard of it.
(, Tue 27 Mar 2012, 8:57, closed)

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