I remember going back from work thinking 'Tonight I'm going on the World Wide Web'
In fact we only got as far as the AOL home page. Someone told me that was like going shopping and sticking to The Mall and not going anywhere else.
It seemed such a huge deal at the time and took hours to wait for the dialing up bit to stop.
Posted By: Bravo win or die on June 30th 2010 at 12:38:50
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- Right, how many of you buggers can remember when tinternet started (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 30, 12:32:33
- Used its precedessor ARPA net in 1973 (General Chat) - Claygate_Canary, Jun 30, 16:23:40
- Somewhere round 96? On my Mitac laptop! (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 30, 13:46:03
- '95 in first year at university. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 12:50:01
- First time I used it was 94 (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 30, 12:48:45
- But first time really using it regularly in 96 I spus (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 30, 12:49:36
- I just know that Berners-Lee created it (General Chat) - pants, Jun 30, 12:46:17
- i used it a couple of times at CRC in 96, but don't remember too much about it (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 12:44:38
- I'm back from my huff (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 30, 12:44:01
- Not much of a huff (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 30, 13:49:01
- I am actually really bad at sulking (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 30, 13:52:11
- That's cos the bloke was being a tit. (General Chat) - Arganth, Jun 30, 14:02:25
- I am actually really bad at sulking (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 30, 13:52:11
- i've just googled 'Surf til your Bum goes numb' (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 12:47:48
- I saw your huff but couldn't trace what it was all about. Something to do with "Doris"? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 30, 12:47:47
- Not much of a huff (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 30, 13:49:01
- I remember going back from work thinking 'Tonight I'm going on the World Wide Web' (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Jun 30, 12:38:50
- I didn't have a poota at home then. Used a Mac L50 at work - twas state of the art then:-( (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 30, 12:46:25
- 1996 for me (General Chat) - thirdlion, Jun 30, 12:35:56
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