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Default 1981 Internet story

On Monday, July 29, 2013 12:32:04 PM UTC-5, Wayne. B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:46:36 -0400, "Eisboch"

wrote:



This is pretty cool. TV news about the future of the Internet ....


from 1981




http://www.wimp.com/theinternet/




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That is cool, brings back fond, and not so fond, memories of 300 baud

acoustic modems, Compuserve, TelNet (sp?), etc. It all seemed pretty

miraculous at the time but the equipment and service was slow and

cranky.


So THAT'S what my problem is!