This could have been written about me. I remember going to a friends house one night and seeing FateX for the first time. We spent a night mass mailing people and causing general chaos online. I went home and got my hands on Hellraiser, AO Korn, Pepsi, Havok, MIB, and a slew of other progz which I cant remember their names.
One day I asked my dad how they were made and he said he had some vague idea. So he took me to CompUSA and we left with a Learn Visual Basic in 24 hours book and Visual Basic software box. I went off and started writing my own programs and hanging out in various AOL related programming chat rooms. I made IRL friends from people that were part of that scene and that I met in those chat rooms. I have very fond memories of the internet back then.
I was 13 at the time I started coding AOL progz and went on to have a career in software development because of it.
Methodus Toolz + Shit Talker Version 1.2 By Jaundice back when you could make free Skype calls to land lines. People still answered the phone and couldn’t fathom that they were talking with a computer.
One day I asked my dad how they were made and he said he had some vague idea. So he took me to CompUSA and we left with a Learn Visual Basic in 24 hours book and Visual Basic software box. I went off and started writing my own programs and hanging out in various AOL related programming chat rooms. I made IRL friends from people that were part of that scene and that I met in those chat rooms. I have very fond memories of the internet back then.
I was 13 at the time I started coding AOL progz and went on to have a career in software development because of it.