Monthly Archives: June 2014

Roobarb and Custard

Do you sometimes make lists? As a frequenter of forums and groups since the introduction of the 1200-baud dial-up I’ve contributed to one or two in my time. People may moan about how unkind the Internet can be these days but I remember when Flame Wars were the kind of thing to reduce butch men to tears.

Admittedly, the most butch you could be in those days was to have 20/20 vision what with it being a haven for geeks. It was a time when phreakers found a whole new outlet for their talents, their blue boxes and H/P culture was born. I still remember my excitement when I bought my first 28K modem – “How could computers get better than this, especially the floppy disk?” I asked myself.