In this episode of Computer Chronicles, the team goes in-depth on "The Internet," a trendy topic in 1995. It starts with host Stewart Cheifet in a new-fangled "Cyber Cafe," complete with bulky CRT display and tiny espresso cup -- and its datedness just gets more intense from there. Need to know the best FTP site to download the Mosaic Web browser? John Markoff of the NYT will tell you (he'll also tell you how he gets email from Steve Jobs, and show you how he makes email filters in Eudora). Want to know the inside story of how the geek band Severe Tire Damage streamed (sorry, multicast over the Internet MBone) a concert online? It's all here. Seriously, you guys, this made me guffaw so many times -- not because it's dumb, but because I lived all this stuff and it's shocking to me just how amazing it all was and how extraordinarily dated it now seems. Enjoy:
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http://mentalfloss.com/article/49676/what-internet-looked-1995#ixzz2OngPAbFz --brought to you by mental_floss!
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probieAT&C1&D2
Can't believe I remember that all these years.
Wait...yes I can:
LOAD "$",8
LIST
articianI recall it being:
Load "*" ,8 ,1
RUN
Probably only for that which was the sole app on the disk. Man, just typing that made me nostalgic.
That aside, I really miss the era of the BBS. Back before corporations and government stuck their dirty cocks in such a wonderful (albeit slow) world of user-created socialism. Share and share alike, and if someone caught you with a virus, you cursed just as much as you marveled at their engineering ingenuity.
AT&C1&D2
Can't believe I remember that all these years.
Wait...yes I can:
LOAD "$",8
LIST
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probieLoad "*",8,1 RUN would run the first program on the disk.
Load "$",8 LIST would load the disks directory into memory, then list it's contents (in case there was more than one program on the disk).
10 Print "Echo"
20 GOTO 10
I recall it being:
Load "*" ,8 ,1
RUN
Probably only for that which was the sole app on the disk. Man, just typing that made me nostalgic.
That aside, I really miss the era of the BBS. Back before corporations and government stuck their dirty cocks in such a wonderful (albeit slow) world of user-created socialism. Share and share alike, and if someone caught you with a virus, you cursed just as much as you marveled at their engineering ingenuity.
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AT&C1&D2
Can't believe I remember that all these years.
Wait...yes I can:
LOAD "$",8
LIST
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