When I kicked off my journey with AWL, the internet was often referred to as the information superhighway, a term that only the most tech-savvy folks understood. In just a short span, my tech landscape evolved rapidly: from being an Amiga enthusiast to embracing my first x386 machine running Windows/DOS, and then setting up a modest 4-line BBS (which was quite the feat back then, considering most BBSs only had a single line).
Then came the leap to installing Linux 1.0, a process that required a whopping 72 floppy disks, bridging the gap from a DOS-based BBS to a Novell server NLM, and finally to Linux, connecting through a local "internet provider" that typically catered to T1 telecom customers. Initially, my BBS offered basic services like Gopher, FTP, and Usenet, but soon evolved to support PPP connections with the Mosaic web browser. It's worth noting that Internet Explorer wouldn't make its debut until a year later, packaged on just a single floppy disk.
At its zenith, my setup boasted a whopping 10 phone lines, each running on 33.6 modems.
I was self-taught on all of the above with no internet help in those days.
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