In my browsing, I came across this search result (which was uncharacteristically unhelpful, but still interesting) and thought some of us would enjoy a look at some old-school computing.
The article did remind me of an interesting statistic. It was amazing how quickly the US adopted the internet, as compared to other nations. I don't think that's a political thing, but rather a social thing. We had a great deal of promotion with things like AOL sending out diskettes (eventually CDs) to every address they could find.
Man... That was a waste of CDs... Well, probably not a waste from a marketing perspective, but so many just ended up going straight into landfills. At least we could reuse the disk when it was the 3.5" diskette. I recall that AOL also had 5.25" disks but I think you had to request those or find them at a local computer expo. I do not recall getting any of those in unsolicited mail.
This Painful Video Shows What It Was Like to Send an Email in 1984
For those of you who remember life before the Internet, you'll know that from the early to mid '90s, access made serious leaps from the realms of government and research facilities to the home.
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The article did remind me of an interesting statistic. It was amazing how quickly the US adopted the internet, as compared to other nations. I don't think that's a political thing, but rather a social thing. We had a great deal of promotion with things like AOL sending out diskettes (eventually CDs) to every address they could find.
Man... That was a waste of CDs... Well, probably not a waste from a marketing perspective, but so many just ended up going straight into landfills. At least we could reuse the disk when it was the 3.5" diskette. I recall that AOL also had 5.25" disks but I think you had to request those or find them at a local computer expo. I do not recall getting any of those in unsolicited mail.