--- Peter Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com> wrote:
> On Nov 30, 17:57, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
> > > > I just wish the internet was around 10 years ago.
> > >
> > > Fortunately, it was.
> > Well, yes, but not everywhere, and _certainly_ not for everyone.
>
> By the late '80's it covered most of Western Europe and the States
> including non-academic sites. CIX (Compulink Information Exchange) was
> founded in 1987, and Demon Internet in June 1992, both offering public
> services in the UK. Demon charged UKP10/month for dialup access.
10 years ago, I was doing Usenet and email through my Amiga (with two
ST225s and a PC-XT disk controller!) with UUCP. I couldn't do ftp
and telnet and cool stuff like that, but I could at least get a few
newsgroups like comp.sources.amiga and rec.humor.funny delivered to my
door.
2400 bps, 20 MB news spool! Those were the days. Not.
-ethan
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Received on Sat Nov 30 2002 - 12:33:00 GMT