Was it fascinating? Did it feel like the amazing future? Were you all too aware of the mounting cost relative to what you were actually doing?

  • PlexSheep
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    1 month ago

    What does that even mean pre Internet? Like before IP addresses? I’m serious, the Internet is older than me.

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      1 month ago

      You’re young, the Internet (capital I) didn’t exist before the early nineties in any publicly available form…

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      1 month ago

      I didn’t really write what I meant in my mind. I meant before dial-up internet came to the public and they were using those other services.