• collapse_already@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    I can't even tell you what us Gen Xers did because I am not sure if the statutes of limitations have run.

    Vaguely, it involved ftp and file repositories hosted unwittingly by large companies plus restricted IRC channels to discuss the locations of such places.

    • WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
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      1 month ago

      > restricted

      More like walking into fansub channels and doing !get and walking away with DC++ info