Aaron MahlerMar 10

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

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@halfpress
I didn't use it myself, but it was very well-known in Silicon Valley in the day.
Mar 11 at 4:59amWeb
Show threadAaron MahlerMar 11
@brouhaha As a kid in Virginia in the 80s, it was my distant gateway to the Valley and certainly did a lot for the explorations that set my path in life. :)
Show threadChuckMar 11

@halfpress @brouhaha

Portal was very popular here in the Bay Area as well because they would give you a 'shell' account which meant you could run services and what not.

Show threadAaron MahlerMar 11
@ChuckMcManis @brouhaha That fact tickles my memory a bit as well now that you mention it. Thank you for helping fill in the blanks in my memories! :)