[radomir_cernoch]

Czech Republic, same era, but a home grown registration system (never used anywhere outside the country). The experience was exactly the same. :-D The web interface was something new and fancy at that time, but servers couldn't handle the load. Those who didn't fear Telnet got a snappy interface and could register for classes that were in high demand.

[eesmith]

Heh-he. In the olden days of 1990, our school's computer-based registration system used DTMF/'Touch-Tone'. When the new registration season started, lots of people learned to love their redial button. So many people would be trying to call that the local phone system around the school lost the dial tone, though not service.