[justanother]

Pretty much the only way to download the cool warez that you FTPd down (from some Scandinavian anonymous FTP site that displayed the warning "our transatlantic link is only 128Kbit, so Yankees please only leech at night") to your VM/CMS account. Can even be used to transfer stuff over 2400bps AX.25 hamradio channels. The 1980s equivalent of zip ties and bailing wire.

[Someone]

> from some Scandinavian anonymous FTP site

funet.fi, I guess. Stil up and running (https://www.funet.fi/)

[ddingus]

Oh that address brings back memories... ftp.funet.fi

Was my first introduction to archive, FTP, and related things. I used to visit a friend at Uni and use his higher baud rate connection, until I got my own.

That account was a shell / SLIP type, and if I wanted something bigger than my modest quota, a quick note to the sysop would see it raised and an appointment to stop by the shop with portable media.

Damn good times.

For me, the magic of the tech was one thing. So much growing in such a short time!

But the people! Man, people cared. Most of them did anyway. We all (almost all) were mentored online by peers and sysops trying hard to build something good. Honor how special and enabling it all was.

I miss that the most. Logging on to read news of the day, little signposts for all of us to see, go explore. Was nice and it made me want to do the same give back what was given to me.