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I like your words.."Nevertheless, mind blown...and thinking of all the informational possibilities"
Stuart G
May 2019
#6
Through AOL, you could get ftp files. I wanted to see what internet had on Haitian language.
emmaverybo
May 2019
#8
I can't remember the year: maybe '92 or '93.? I used a text only browser called Lynx at DEC.
CentralMass
May 2019
#19
Had my first Internet connection in 1992. Yes, in Baltimore. Then we had black & white text with...
JoeOtterbein
May 2019
#53
I worked in the finance industry and was friends with the tech guy who made sure our trades could
kimbutgar
May 2019
#54
AOL. CompuServe, Prodigy, Netscape. We bought our first computer in '95, an IBM Aptiva
lunamagica
May 2019
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