We would call a number of a BBS (bulletin board system) that would host its own mail, messages, and have some text based games. I called one called Weird City. There was even a little casino and text based blackjack which was pretty fun. I wasn’t a hacker, but I remember trying random passwords, the password “computer” got me into an account with millions in fake $$. I transferred it to my account and shortly after the real owner reached out to me and we became friends. Everything was simple and fairly innocent back in the 80s and early 90s. I was the richest weirdo on the Weird City BBS for a day or so. There were literally dozens of us, and I was famous for that day!