Tuesday Favorites....early days of the internet

[B52G8rAC]

Subject specific chat rooms on Prodigy.

 

[Altitude Gator]

I just have vague memories of AOL with minimal fondness.

Speaking of...I have a floppy disk with AOL software and 50 free hours if anyone is interested.

 

[Gatordiddy]

Speaking of...I have a floppy disk with AOL software and 50 free hours if anyone is interested.

If it’s the 1.44Mb one, I’ll take it

 

[Detroitgator]

If it’s the 1.44Mb one, I’ll take it

He said “a floppy disk”, not a CD… the one disk he has is labeled “8 of 15”

 

[TLB]

He said “a floppy disk”, not a CD… the one disk he has is labeled “8 of 15”

Well, there would be a difference between the "floppy disk" being 1.44Mb or the 5.25", or possibly the 8" ones. All possible "floppy", without venturing into CDs ya whipper-snapper.



Points for "8 of 15" though.

 

[Altitude Gator]

He said “a floppy disk”, not a CD… the one disk he has is labeled “8 of 15”

I just finished loading "8 of 15" for MS Windows 3.1 a week ago. Number 9 will start soon.

Was going to make a mom joke, but my floppy didn't seem up to it.

 

[Altitude Gator]

My first main use of the Internet was work email. Sending WordPerfect docs back and forth with colleagues for edits prior to sending a memo that before I would just call someone to communicate.

 

[Gatordiddy]

He said “a floppy disk”, not a CD… the one disk he has is labeled “8 of 15”

 

[TheDouglas78]

OK, I'll spill the beans... he works for Thee Manor (formerly "Diamond something") but is able to do all their "IT" work remotely now

When you have moves like mine, they pay if I'm there or remotely.

 

[Seedy]

LAN Parties

Here's one way to relive:

Wayback Machine

archive.org

Example: UF Website from 1997 --> University of Florida Home Page

 

[CDGator]

Sort of like a Rick Roll or a meme. It was an earwig that you couldn't shake!

 

[Altitude Gator]

Sort of like a Rick Roll or a meme. It was an earwig that you couldn't shake!

I'm not opening that!

 

[AugustaGator]

My first main use of the Internet was work email. Sending WordPerfect docs back and forth with colleagues for edits prior to sending a memo that before I would just call someone to communicate.

Or fax

 

[TheDouglas78]

 

[Nalt]

 

[Seedy]

 

[LaylaGator]

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I literally just took 2 ibuprofen for my back, and I do remember that.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

I had a juno email address. Had to dial in, then pull the email, then disconnect.

Favorite website? whitehouse.com

 

[Nalt]

I had a juno email address. Had to dial in, then pull the email, then disconnect.

Favorite website? whitehouse.com

Back in 2003 I had only been using computers for less than a year and wanted to look up something about the Whitehouse up in D.C. I went to that url and boy, was I surprised. I couldn't get outta that page fast enough... Then my co-worker told me to go to whitehouse.gov

 

[TLB]

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Man this was definitive for the era. I also greatly liked the 'Nord and Bert' game of wordplay.