Katie Couric: "Allison, can you explain what 'Internet' is?"

[jAZ]

[blaise]

Do you like websites?

[Talisman]

Gumble didn't seem that impressed by it. Someone should have told him how easy it was going to be to access porn.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Adam

I really don't find this all that surprising. Most people didn't have e-mail addresses in 1994, or any kind of internet access.

I'd say the amount of people who had internet in their homes in 94 was probably less than 5%.

[cdcox]

In the late 1970's I used one of these (it is a modem) at work to access credit reports. I doubt those were delivered over the internet.




In 1991 I had this at work:

[pr_capone]

Originally Posted by BCD

I'd say the amount of people who had internet in their homes in 94 was probably less than 5%.

exactly.

It wasn't until around 96 or 97 when AOL hit big with those trial disks/diskettes.



I remember being a kid and couldn't afford "real" internet access so I instead made due with the local BBS system. I had an email address from TWSU that wasn't exactly instant. IIRC, they had intervals where their BBS software would automatically connect via Telnet to a network and send & receive emails.

Whenever I could convince the parents to give up their CC and I promised to not go over the allotted time it was heaven. 14 years old and access to the world. And porn.

*edit

I remember using a program called ProComm Plus\ for my BBS'ing needs. I have fond memories of trying to dial in my modem to allow for the best connection by editing my modem's init strings.

[pr_capone]

$modeminit="&f&c1&d2"

[Al Bundy]

I had my 1st email address in 1994. I don't really remember what it was but I remember the 1st message board I signed up for was an MTV board of some sort and the 1st sports one was a Tampa Bay Bucs one, SPIT.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by UCFGoldenKnight

I had my 1st email address in 1994. I don't really remember what it was but I remember the 1st message board I signed up for was an MTV board of some sort and the 1st sports one was a Tampa Bay Bucs one, SPIT.

I think I had mine in '91 but didn't use it much. Then all of the sudden, you used it every day. I don't remember when that transition occurred, but it was almost overnight.

[MITCH]

CDCOX.. I would say Mosaic was first browser to bring WWW to masses. Then you had gopher before IRC,Ftp,telnet They were all getting used in mid 1990's.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by MITCH

CDCOX.. I would say Mosaic was first browser to bring WWW to masses. Then you had gopher before IRC,Ftp,telnet They were all getting used in mid 1990's.

Probably true about Mosaic. Depends how you define masses.

Telnet predated gopher by 20 years.

[Deberg_1990]

I think I first got on the interwebs around Nov of 1994. I used Mosaic and every website was completely text. But the media had been talking about the WWW and internet for at least 2 years before that.
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[BigMeatballDave]

I honestly did not know a single person with internet access until my sis and her husband got it in 97. A Mac with a 14.4 baud modem. Wicked fast!

2 yrs later I had RoadRunner. I think back then it only had a bandwidth of 300-500kbps.

[Frazod]

The first time I used the internet was from my old office, and I didn't start working there until '96. They had two internet capable computers, tucked behind the reception desk. They had AOL dial-up, and it was painfully ****ing slow. I would get on at lunch sometimes to read Chiefs articles on the Star site - that how I discovered the old BB.

I don't remember how long it took until they hooked up all the desktops to it. Come to think of it, I don't remember when I first got it at home, either, but I assume it was around 1998. That was a long time ago.

[Deberg_1990]

Id guess the internet truly exploded with the mainstream around 95 and 96. After win95 came out. But on those old 14.4 and 28.8 dial connections it was often very tedious.....
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[VAChief]

Originally Posted by BCD

I'd say the amount of people who had internet in their homes in 94 was probably less than 5%.

I think it was around 2%. There were only about 24% of homes with a home computer in 1994.