Mudcat existed before the DT joined it, but you can't find threads from earlier, because there weren't any threads/discussion at that time.

The Digital Tradition started in 1988 and was distributed on disks. It came in CP/M and DOS versions at first. Initially each song was a separate file.

I was not one of the first people on mudcat - I did not get internet access until a few months after the DT moved to mudcat. I picked the handle because the first thread I wanted to comment on already had 4 Susan's in it and that seemed like a more recognizable identifier than using my full name.

While the original songs were from me and Dennis Cook, Dick was there to put the whole thing together.

Joe - watch who you are saying did not know databases. All three of us did (Dennis certainly does now, so I assume he did then). Dick was willing to take on the project of putting it together and thinking about which programs to use to do it.

Yes, Bruce, we certainly spent hours at the Getaway and FOTM making copies of the database for people, either on a computer you brought or on one of ours. Some of the historical info under the permathreads still refer to how many formated disks to send us, and some have ancient addresses, phones, and emails.