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The Keep BBS - incept date: 1983.
One of the oldest BBS in America. Hosted in Beaverton, Oregon, it's still in operation and continues to have an ASCII interface.
One of the oldest BBS in America. Hosted in Beaverton, Oregon, it's still in operation and continues to have an ASCII interface.
the year is 2006. you just beamed a Limp Bizkit song to your friend’s Zune. the world feels infinite.
The first GIF was created in 1987 by Steve Wilhite and his team of developers at Compuserve. His "flying airplane" paved the way for the GIF phenomenon.
https://media.tenor.com/HpXkSkd1NJ0AAAAC/primer-gif-compuserver
https://media.tenor.com/HpXkSkd1NJ0AAAAC/primer-gif-compuserver
Some kind of prototype of the Apple Newton in various colors (1995).
As far as I know, the Newton was later only produced in black.
As far as I know, the Newton was later only produced in black.
Look what they took from us. https://technologizer.com/home/2025/04/22/pc-connection-ads-raccoons/
Imagine if Atari hadn’t stumbled so many times in the 80s how different computing might look. https://www.goto10retro.com/p/the-atari-1200xl-fiasco
> Download speed, or lack thereof, was still the biggest issue for online music - one nickname for the web at this time was “World Wide Wait"
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“Someone at some point had the bright idea of using the Teletext data stream as a way to transmit software for home computers.”
https://newslttrs.com/in-the-1980s-we-also-downloaded-software-from-tv/
https://newslttrs.com/in-the-1980s-we-also-downloaded-software-from-tv/
So much nostalgia here but also an interesting defensive into how “standards” are solidified by usage and first movers as opposed to standards bodies. https://ultrasciencelabs.com/lab-notes/why-we-are-still-using-88x31-buttons
Altari BASIC source code by Bill Gates.
Fun site.
https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code
Fun site.
https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code
It's 1995 and you want to onboard people to your new OS. Your marketing department is tasked with figuring out how to make make sure people understand the top 25 features your R&D department spent $900 million on. To do this, they double down on the cringe factor by creating the world's first "cyber sitcom", with soon-to-be familiar faces just before they hit the cultural zeitgeist. It doesn't resonate as intended but becomes a staple of 90's kitsch.
https://youtu.be/vIYfqxMPr0c?si=O3wo5La1h4U4KKcI&t=12
https://youtu.be/vIYfqxMPr0c?si=O3wo5La1h4U4KKcI&t=12
anyone born before instagram got to experience the internet when it was an adventure instead of a product
