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  • Google Expert
    Webmaster
    • Jun 2004
    • 14294

    #1

    1981 news report about the interwebs

    http://www.wimp.com/theinternet/

    "it takes over two hours to receive the information"

  • srockhard
    Retired
    • Jul 2011
    • 1976

    #2
    I was born in 1981
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    • SomeCreep
      :glugglug
      • Mar 2003
      • 26118

      #3
      Windows hasn't changed much.

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      • Rochard
        Jägermeister Test Pilot
        • Dec 2001
        • 75733

        #4
        I thought that was pretty cool really...
        Herschel Savage
        Brooklyn, NY

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        • marlboroack
          So Fucking Banned
          • Jul 2010
          • 9327

          #5
          I can't wait to see the next 50 years

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          • Lykos
            Too lazy to set a custom title
            • Apr 2003
            • 31032

            #6
            Originally posted by marlboroack
            I can't wait to see the next 50 years
            Me too Will be interesting !

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            • leg4
              Confirmed User
              • May 2003
              • 4429

              #7
              Really good video. Thanks for taking the time to put it up for me and everyone else.
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              • 2MuchMark
                Mark of 2Much.net
                • Aug 2004
                • 50969

                #8
                That was awesome.

                I had a TRS-80 Model 1 similar to the one he used and a red dial-up phone too. Old tech rocks.

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                • scubadiver626
                  Confirmed User
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 1034

                  #9
                  I upgraded my trs80 to 16k ram that year!
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                  • edgeprod
                    Permanently Gone
                    • Mar 2004
                    • 10019

                    #10
                    I remember acoustic modems, where you put the phone on the modem itself. I started out with one of those bad boys. I used to use Archie search all the time through the early (non-graphical) 'net. Telnet for MUDs, ftp for trading 0-day warez, and many more utilities, on VAX and Unix.

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                    • rowan
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Mar 2002
                      • 17393

                      #11
                      Originally posted by edgeprod
                      I remember acoustic modems, where you put the phone on the modem itself. I started out with one of those bad boys. I used to use Archie search all the time through the early (non-graphical) 'net. Telnet for MUDs, ftp for trading 0-day warez, and many more utilities, on VAX and Unix.
                      I used to sit the accoustic modem on the table and spin the rotary dial on the phone. The vibrations caused the teleprinter spew out garbage. Hey, when you're like 10 that's a fun thing to do.

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                      • javbucks
                        Confirmed User
                        • Oct 2011
                        • 1016

                        #12
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                        • fuzebox
                          making it rain
                          • Oct 2003
                          • 22351

                          #13
                          "Richard Halloran - Owns Home Computer"

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                          • Harmon
                            ( ͡ʘ╭͜ʖ╮͡ʘ)
                            • Mar 2004
                            • 20012

                            #14
                            I remember upgrading from a 300bps modem to a 1200 and thought I was king shit. Dialing in to random BBS's and interacting/chatting with people live was a mind fuck back in the day. Also downloading pixelated porn static gifs that took 45 minutes to load up on your screen
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                            • AsianDivaGirlsWebDude
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                              • Jul 2004
                              • 38323

                              #15
                              Steve Jobs and Apple in 1981:





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                              • SpeedoDave
                                Confirmed User
                                • Sep 2003
                                • 354

                                #16
                                That was kewl - thanks for sharing.

                                This is my favourite - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_f3uIzEIxo - I don't think the commodore is keeping with me.


                                Dave
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                                • alex.missyouth
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Sep 2012
                                  • 1870

                                  #17
                                  Great clip, thx for sharing.
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                                  • PornDiscounts-V
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Oct 2003
                                    • 5744

                                    #18
                                    Genie, CompuServe, Prodigy, BBS's... those were the days.
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                                    • adultmobile
                                      No, I am not banned
                                      • Nov 2003
                                      • 5345

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by MarkPrince
                                      That was awesome.

                                      I had a TRS-80 Model 1 similar to the one he used and a red dial-up phone too. Old tech rocks.
                                      It was bad, not awesome! I was around (after 1988 really, from commodore and up) and I remember it was damn slow, even I got an HST 9600 which was very new at the time. Also you hit the "busy line" in BBSs this was frustrating, is like 2 people connect is a ddos already. Just it was cheaper than internet since I was using bluebox really, no one of my friends made normal calls.

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                                      • edgeprod
                                        Permanently Gone
                                        • Mar 2004
                                        • 10019

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by javbucks
                                        56k all day
                                        Ha, 56k came MUCH later. I upgraded to a 300 baud modem and thought it was breakneck speeds.

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                                        • _Richard_
                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                          • Oct 2006
                                          • 30991

                                          #21
                                          and we'll watch the same video next week again, and be amazed again

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                                          • SCSI Joe
                                            Registered User
                                            • May 2013
                                            • 47

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by marlboroack
                                            I can't wait to see the next 50 years
                                            According to some, they'll be downloading our brains in about 50 years.

                                            http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/bu...anted=all&_r=0
                                            Last edited by SCSI Joe; 07-23-2013, 02:54 PM.
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                                            • fitzmulti
                                              I Like Depth Of Field!
                                              • Jan 2003
                                              • 14861

                                              #23
                                              Wild. I had that in college. :P


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                                              • marcop
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Nov 2005
                                                • 4150

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by MarkPrince
                                                That was awesome.

                                                I had a TRS-80 Model 1 similar to the one he used and a red dial-up phone too. Old tech rocks.
                                                I was programming in Basic on a Commodore Pet back in 1980/1 in England. And in 1983 I worked for a NYC bank and wrote an application in Microsoft Cobol that ran on an IBM PC. They were the days, we used to live in paper bag in septic tank... cue Monty Python . . . .

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                                                • adultmobile
                                                  No, I am not banned
                                                  • Nov 2003
                                                  • 5345

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by _Richard_
                                                  and we'll watch the same video next week again, and be amazed again

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