Token Ring was it's out-of-the-box thing. Highly deterministic network and was IBM's baby(some babies are ugly, and that's ok). IP stack became available. My first real Internet account was via a PPP service IBM had for a while catering to OS/2 users.
But 74240,1042 holds the title of first online me. Never did meet Rev. Stang like I wanted to.
Edit: Just noticed the Tops-10 comment. And here we have a what began life as a PPN. Small world.
Token Ring was it's out-of-the-box thing. Highly deterministic network and was IBM's baby(some babies are ugly, and that's ok). IP stack became available. My first real Internet account was via a PPP service IBM had for a while catering to OS/2 users.
But 74240,1042 holds the title of first online me. Never did meet Rev. Stang like I wanted to.
Edit: Just noticed the Tops-10 comment. And here we have a what began life as a PPN. Small world.