Used to have to move the computer to be next to the phone.

Punch cards! Plus as a teenager was in tears (good ones) after getting a BBC computer for Christmas (I was expecting a ZX Spectrum) Now have that screechy modem noise in my head. Ah memories...

My dial-up was installed from a freeserve CD-ROM that I picked up in Curry's

Used to drive around with a desktop in the back of my car in 95/96, pre internet

If the phone rang, you were screwed, and you had to start all over again. 😂😂😂

Off The Hook Purple Phone GIF

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Computer was too heavy to move so we put in a second line for the modem.

I typed an essay for a level history on a Commodore Pet.

I looked things up in books. I went to a library.

Worked in the London office of a Dutch-based company. Our server was connected to head office via a 2400 baud modem. Things ran at a leisurely pace!

And dial up after 6pm?

We had an extension of the main phone line. The computer was far too heavy!