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Hey man, me too! Almost same story, pirate CD. Though it was VB3 for me. Used to make AOL chat bots and mass mailers.

What did you build back then?

Isn't it great to note that we're now in an atmosphere where you can just... download Visual Studio... no piracy required?

I spent months getting my MSDN license personally assigned so I could get a copy at home for playing around in. So bitter...

(it's awesome)

I collected those for a while. What was your handle or group affiliation?