Very curious if others have memories of a service in the 80's called Portal. I recall using it in a few ways, one of which was UseNet and UUCP access. The host in this context was cup.portal.com (Cupertino, perhaps?) and appears in historical posts as "sun!portal!cup.portal.com!"
I'm also seeking history on "tronsbox", a host I used to relay for my Amiga-based, dial-up UUCP node: "uunet!tronsbox!alpine!"
Please relay to more relevant hashtags, too!
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing
A double score search result just now. I was doing some searches about Telenet's PC-Pursuit (which opened up my online childhood in a massive way pre-Internet and set me on my ultimate career path... but I digress): https://books.google.com/books?id=nDsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT10&dq=pc+pursuit&hl=en#v=onepage&q=pc%20pursuit&f=false
This InfoWorld article from Jan 1989 mentions PC-Pursuit raising rates and dropping unlimited service due to over-popularity / campers. I recall that making me furious as a kid. It also has quotes from someone at Portal.
Aaron Mahler