Al Gore was still VP.
There were many good BBSs around town for playing TradeWars and file sharing. Used Ncomm.
Anyway, I heard about a local private ISP for $25 a year (they lasted about 6 mounths) and decided to take a chance. I ordered Aweb and Miami from Software Hut I think. I couldn't believe how easy it was to set-up.
I think it was running on my A500, A570 with SCSI-TV, I still have this, my first computer.