# AOL: "Have a great day!" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 1999, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-have-a-great-day/3388 "1999-12-16T01:17:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-have-a-great-day/3388/1 "1999-12-16T01:17:00Z")
I sent this message looking for an older version of AOL that’d work with my computer: > [@](#): > > FROM: [jjtm@mailcity.com](mailto:jjtm@mailcity.com) > SUBJ: AOL 2.x, 3.x for Mac? > MESS: I have a Mac IIsi with a 68030 Processor, 9MB RAM, and a Zip Drive. > I was wondering if it was possible to obtain AOL 2.7 (or thereabouts) software for the Mac, as my computer is somewhat outdated. But I do desire to join AOL. > I used AOL 2.7 on this computer without any trouble, and I suspect that 4.0 and 5.0 would overwhelm my computer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Their response: > [@](#): > > Hello my name is Douglas and I am writing to you on behalf of America Online in response to your recent email. I apologize for the delay in responding to your e-mail and for any frustrations you are experiencing. > The options for obtaining the America Online for Windows upgrades are: > > - FTP or WEB: Download via WWW at [http://www.aol.com/tryaol/download.html;](http://www.aol.com/tryaol/download.html;) Download via FTP at ftp://ftp.aol.com/aol\_win95/ > - Order a Floppy disk or CD Rom version: In the US please call 1-888-265-8002. > Thank you for writing America Online. We hope that you were satisfied with the service you have received. Please feel free to write anytime you have questions or concerns. Have a great day! Dipshits. “Have a great day.” Fuck you, Steve Case. * * * JMcC, San Francisco, [JJM’s page from the Bay](http://members.tripod.com/~weirdstuff/index.html) If I were a baseball player, and I got beaned by a fastball, I wouldn’t want medical attention. I’d want my limp, lifeless body flung to 1st, cause, dammit, I earned it! ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-have-a-great-day/3388/2 "1999-12-16T03:30:00Z")
Morons! Whatever you do don’t go ahead and try a newer version. My parents did and they can do a load of laundry, fix dinner and raise another family in the time it takes a web page to load. PS - love your sig, but giving up baseball – no really! I mean it, dammit! * * * “There’s a snake in my boot!” ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-have-a-great-day/3388/3 "1999-12-16T04:22:00Z")
Very good point, fellow Dusty worshipper. I want 2.7 cuz I know that it works fine with this. I’m trying to get whatever I can, at this point, 3.0, 4.0 and (shudder) 5.0. Please God, let 3.0 work. Once again, FUCK AOL! And a less-enthusiastic fuck you to all my friends that have AOL, forcing me to get the same that they have. And FUCK you to Netzero and company for neglecting my Macintosh! FUCK YOU ALL!!! Goddamn yak felchers. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-have-a-great-day/3388/4 "1999-12-16T14:53:00Z")
For what it’s worth, when I tried to install AOL 3.0 on my friends Mac, it just said that due to her system requirements, it would install version 2.7 instead (evidentially it was on the same disk). Also, [Freei.net](http://Freei.net) has mac software 🙂 [http://www.freei.net](http://www.freei.net) They’ll even mail you a copy for free. Zette * * * Love is like popsicles…you get too much you get too high. Not enough and you’re gonna die… [Click here for some GOOD news for a change](http://www.binghamtonpress.com/binghamtonnews/local/Sanews5.html)[Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-have-a-great-day/3388/5 "1999-12-16T19:30:00Z")
jjm, if you are only joining AOL to talk to your friends, you should know that you can download AIM for **free** , and that it allows you to talk to any AOL member. You can eve start “buddy chats” which let you talk to more than one person at once. * * * Cessandra Killed a man with no hands. . . ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-have-a-great-day/3388/6 "1999-12-17T05:43:00Z")
Zette- damn you! Makin’ me think good of AOL. Definitely not Dyn… nah. I found 3.0 on a CD in my closet, so I’ll copy the intsaller onto a ZIP at a friend’s house. At this point, the main reason I want AOL is to beat them. I feel challenged by them, So I shall prevail. Oh, and FreeI’s Mac software requires System 8 or 8.5. I’m on 7.5. But thanks anyway. * * * JMcC, San Francisco, [JJM’s page from the Bay](http://members.tripod.com/~weirdstuff/index.html) If I were a baseball player, and I got beaned by a fastball, I wouldn’t want medical attention. I’d want my limp, lifeless body flung to 1st, cause, dammit, I earned it! ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 1999, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-have-a-great-day/3388/7 "1999-12-18T08:56:00Z")
If you hate AOL as much as I do (and I doubt that’s possible,) check out [www.observers.net](http://www.observers.net) If you can get onto AOL in any way, or if you know someone who is willing to download it for you, go to Keyword: **aol://4400:14865** to download pretty much any version of AOL you want for both Windows and Macs…but shhhh–it’s a secret…     😉 -David ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 1999, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-have-a-great-day/3388/8 "1999-12-18T23:41:00Z")
I have a copy of 2.7 for mac on floppy somewhere. Want me to send it to you? * * * _ **SanibelMan** _ - [My Homepage](http://members.macconnect.com/~jonkleinow/) “Step away from the bell curve, sir.” ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 1999, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-have-a-great-day/3388/9 "1999-12-19T06:31:00Z")
Nah, I finally got 3.0 from a friend. Of course, the fucking bank that my fucking credit card is on is fucked up, so AOL can’t verify the info. FUCK IT ALL TO HELL! * * * JMcC, San Francisco, [JJM’s page from the Bay](http://members.tripod.com/~weirdstuff/index.html) If I were beaned with a fastball, fling my limp, lifeless body to first, cause, dammit, I earned it!