[mikeash]

One of the early things I did when I obtained a computer modem was dial into a NASA BBS and download images of planets taken by Voyager. I believe it was at 300bps, although we may have had our 2400bps modem by then.

Fortunately I didn't spend 16 months at it, since we were paying long distance charges and just a couple of pictures of Neptune downloaded over the course of an hour or so cost a relatively ridiculous amount of money.

Still, it makes me feel a kinship with these folks, even if just barely.