They were dabbling with PCs and the new telecommunication capability – bulletin board systems (BBS's). With a dial up modem hosted in his house and a single phone line, NCOs could log onto  "The Old Soldiers BBS" with a local Ft. Knox KY number. In the earliest days, only one person at a time could connect to the BBS – an era before the internet, before Google, and before military documents were easily accessed.
They were testing PCs and the new telecommunications feature – online communities. With a dial-up modem connected to his home and a single phone line, NCOs could access "The Old Soldiers Community" via a local Ft. Knox KY number. At that time, only one person at a time could connect to the community – an era before the global network, before search engines like Google, and before military documents were easily accessible.