Memory Lane on the Information Superhighway

February 25, 2007 by Tom M
Filed under: Internet, Science & Technology, Video Clips

A look into the past - as reported on Canadian TV in the early 90’s - a view of a new phenomenon - “internet” - no graphics, no Flash, no web - just newsgroups and email… on text-only terminals over dial-up phone lines. If only they knew what that world of monochrome text was to become in a few short years.

Scary. I actually remember the internet before the web was born…

See the full video on Geeks Are Sexy

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