Terry Pratchett used to hang around on alt.fan.pratchett. When he came to South Africa, me and a few other folk from the news group had dinner with him.
Sadly demon as a brand has been killed by it's current owners https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/11/vodafone_to_shutter... .
I think I got on the internet properly a year or so later, although I had access via various means early than that.