[Mister_X]

Hmm, I've only had two email addy's over the last 30+ years, pretty sure the first one was 1986 or '87 when I opened an account at portal.net, in Cupertino, not too many private isp's back then.

I got it to keep up with my fellow caver friends and join the cavers mailing list, a private list for NSS members who were actively exploring caves all over the world.

For my "computer", I couldn't see spending 3 to 4 k on a laptop, so I dropped $350 on a Brother Power Note and an rs232 modem, together they did everything I needed and wowed all my friends when I printed out a cave plot in the middle of the Mojave Desert on my tiny battery powered B&W printer.

I used my first Password in 1977 at work (private telco interconnect in silicon valley), it was DEVO, yes, I was referred to as the company's resident punk rocker service technician.