It's funny, but I find myself thinking of Qlink when I'm awake this late at night (1 am or so).� Of course, I guess it's not TOO funny, as this was the time of night when I used Qlink the most, at least during the summertime.

I was a member of Qlink from 1989 until around 1991 or so, joining when I was 16.� I was originally drawn to the network by the novelty of being able to talk to people across the country whom I had never met before.� It was facinating to talk to people whom I would have never had interacted with before.� What kept me a member though was the sense of community.� I can remember many summer nights where I loaded up the software, grabbed my notebook with my friends' screennames in it, and IMed each of them once I was connected (no buddy lists back then).� With so few members on Qlink, I would always end up running into a friend or Guide I knew.� You can't do that these days...it's tough enough to get regulars even in one room on AOL.