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In reply to the discussion: I remember the Internet back in the early 1990s. [View all]steve2470
(37,457 posts)36. haha I would have to learn some things :) nt
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We can always use teletypes again!!! I used to use them to load small programs into mainframes. n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2017
#30
Nope, punched tapes with programs loaded into a teletype tied into the mainframe. The
RKP5637
Dec 2017
#53
Right. While I don't miss the prices, I miss the excitement so much! I trhought I was the only one
lunamagica
Dec 2017
#21
It opened a whole new world. It was a fantastic feeling. But I thoulght I was the only one for whom
lunamagica
Dec 2017
#29
... guess we'll have to go back to shortwave radio, all become hams, and hope they don't jam the
RKP5637
Dec 2017
#34
Neither Prodigy, Compuserv, AOL, nor GEnie started out as part of the internet
FarCenter
Dec 2017
#22
Maybe we can go back to the ARPANET! I used to use with with Telnet in the 70's , a terminal,
RKP5637
Dec 2017
#28
LOL! Like always keep a tube tester handy when working on an ENIAC computer with 18,000 tubes! Yep!
RKP5637
Dec 2017
#51