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Where it all started.

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1HandInMyPocket

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I was too cheap to get AOL, Compuserve, Prodigy, etc. When the ISPs first came around, they were somewhat cheaper than those, so I bought in.

I first started with Pine for e-mail and Usenet for newsgroups. Then I got Mosaic as my first browser.
 
When the internet first came out I was skeptical. At the time, I pictured it only benfiting the rich as they would be the only ones to be able to afford computers and going on-line. But now, computer prices have gone down, where almost anyone could afford a decent one. There are also free access to the web, as long as you don't mind having ads on your screen. Also libraries have free access. Who knows how different things will be in 10yrs.
 
My first PC was an 8086 that I got for $600. I also got a Commodore 64 for $200. Starting with the 386's, the price tags went up.

But these days with XBox and the unpopularity of PC games, the $3000 PCs are no longer really needed. A sub-$1000 laptop/desktop will suit most needs just perfectly.
 
Great clip. i love the way they call it "internet" rather than the internet. Like it is some great big intelligent brain that is taking over the world and the minds of those connected to it.

Hey...wait a min....what was I saying?

I forget. Back to surfing internet.
 
nice find,any idea what year this was? I worked at Northern Telecom in 1985 or so as a contractor.They were working on something big,new switches or something,boy was it ever big for awhile.I was completely ignorant to any of this and just marvelled at how one bank of switches 1 foot wide and 6 feet high could be worth 40 grand.Oh well,day late and a dollar short may not have been bad considering how it ended.
 
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