Was about 16-17 (Jr in HS)in '73-'74. We had a teletype terminal, you had to dial the school district office, then put the phone in the 'ear cups' on the side of the terminal. We were programming in BASIC (computing orbits for Physics!). Things weren't much improved 2-3yrs later in college. I went to a commuter school, and folks 'gave me the phone lines' after 9pm to dial back to school for my Fortran homework (on my TRS-80 M:I w, Cat Novation modem! 300bps). Can you whistle at 300bps? ;-)