It can be a lot of fun to explore your character learning about using the network! Enoch is from the freaking Bronze Age. For a couple of months he only had video figured out (just messing around with things that were clearly labeled) and didn't know what to do with text or voice.

Not to say wanting a non-network board is infeasible, but I wouldn't be so quick on that "can't". I think one of my favorite posts was one I didn't participate in, Jack Sparrow making wild gestures at a network terminal. XD