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In reply to the discussion: How to send an "E mail" 1984 [View all]sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)9. My first modem
was a 2400 baud and I could connect to the university I went to. Then I joined up with Delphi and got lost in the early internet.
I remember the first image I downloaded was the Rolling Stones tongue. It took 20 minutes to download then another hour or so to download the program I needed to view the picture. Good times.
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Fortunately it was for a short time as part of a university course
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2018
#40
I was at SIGGRAPH '83 when Steve Jobs introduced "Lisa" (for the bargain prices of $10,000)
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2018
#16