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Small talk: Getting online for the first time
AllThatJazzZ:
What was it like for you when you got online for the first time? Were you nervous? Was it dial-up? What device were you using? How long since you first got online? Do you wish you could take a time machine to an era when there was no internet and stay there? Tell us about your introduction to the World Wide Web.
rustynail:
April 1998 14k dial up.
Ghost Bear:
If I remember right it was in February or March of 1988 when I first logged into CompuServe. I used our home phone line and the 300 baud modem built into one of these:
I was very nervous, but it was like a huge world suddenly became accessible. I don't think I would want to live without the Internet now. It just has too much to see and read.
Elderberry:
1982 pre-WWW. "English scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989". 300 baud modem that cradled the phone handset. I was using a VT100 Terminal that enabled me to utilize Archie, Gopher, Veronica and Jughead.
roamer_1:
I started on a 386sx and thought myself a king when I upgraded to a 33.6 modem.
Nothing much at the time other than tech heavy dial-in boards.
I saw the whole thing bloom. And I caught the wave.
But never did graduate from forums to 'social media' proper. I prefer way more depth than 240 chars have to offer.
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