A detailed account of what life was like in the "good old days" of the Palace multimedia chat community called "Main." I describe Jim Bumgardner's initial plans for Palace, as well as important historical moments in the pioneering stage of Palace history, including how the once small community grappled with the influx of many new users and the deviant behavior that accompanied that urbanization. I also discuss the development of the various infrastructures of the Palace community (web sites, mailing lists, newsgroups, etc).