Internet - 1981 Style - A Sea Of Red

Internet - 1981 Style#229850

By Ed Dantes - January 31st, 2009, 11:51 am

- January 31st, 2009, 11:51 am #229850

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"You won't have Nixon to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference." - Richard Nixon
"You won't have Dantes to kick around any more, because, members of Flame Fans, this is my last post." - Ed Dantes

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By Fumblerooskies - January 31st, 2009, 12:28 pm

- January 31st, 2009, 12:28 pm #229855

That isn't very far off of what he had at UNCA about 12-15 years ago. We could connect to the internet via a modem, and all we had was text...no graphics. This was back when AOL was getting rolling and CompuServe and others were also on the scene.

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By ATrain - January 31st, 2009, 5:15 pm

- January 31st, 2009, 5:15 pm #229936

"Imagine a world where you turn on your computer to read the morning newspaper..."
And today, thats exactly what the majority of Americans do.

4:28:2009-RIP Jeff Taylor

PAmedic wrote:you're absolutely right

#229960

By SumItUp - January 31st, 2009, 7:02 pm

- January 31st, 2009, 7:02 pm #229960

the red ROTARY dial phone......classic

#229963

By PAmedic - January 31st, 2009, 7:05 pm

- January 31st, 2009, 7:05 pm #229963

ours was a lovely pea-green.

and we had to pay a monthly fee to Bell Tel to "maintain" it.

JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.

ASOR Technical Advisor and Graphics Consultant