1981 news report about the interwebs - GoFuckYourself.com

Google Expert · 07-22-2013, 02:25 PM

http://www.wimp.com/theinternet/

"it takes over two hours to receive the information"

srockhard · 07-22-2013, 02:25 PM

I was born in 1981

SomeCreep · 07-22-2013, 02:42 PM

Windows hasn't changed much.

Rochard · 07-22-2013, 02:54 PM

I thought that was pretty cool really...

marlboroack · 07-22-2013, 03:22 PM

I can't wait to see the next 50 years

Lykos · 07-22-2013, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by marlboroack

I can't wait to see the next 50 years

Me too

Will be interesting !

leg4 · 07-22-2013, 04:55 PM

Really good video. Thanks for taking the time to put it up for me and everyone else.

2MuchMark · 07-22-2013, 05:27 PM

That was awesome.

I had a TRS-80 Model 1 similar to the one he used and a red dial-up phone too. Old tech rocks.

scubadiver626 · 07-22-2013, 05:47 PM

I upgraded my trs80 to 16k ram that year!

edgeprod · 07-22-2013, 05:54 PM

I remember acoustic modems, where you put the phone on the modem itself. I started out with one of those bad boys. I used to use Archie search all the time through the early (non-graphical) 'net. Telnet for MUDs, ftp for trading 0-day warez, and many more utilities, on VAX and Unix.

rowan · 07-22-2013, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by edgeprod

I remember acoustic modems, where you put the phone on the modem itself. I started out with one of those bad boys. I used to use Archie search all the time through the early (non-graphical) 'net. Telnet for MUDs, ftp for trading 0-day warez, and many more utilities, on VAX and Unix.

I used to sit the accoustic modem on the table and spin the rotary dial on the phone. The vibrations caused the teleprinter spew out garbage. Hey, when you're like 10 that's a fun thing to do.

javbucks · 07-22-2013, 10:50 PM

56k all day

fuzebox · 07-23-2013, 03:24 AM

"Richard Halloran - Owns Home Computer"

Harmon · 07-23-2013, 03:27 AM

I remember upgrading from a 300bps modem to a 1200 and thought I was king shit. Dialing in to random BBS's and interacting/chatting with people live was a mind fuck back in the day. Also downloading pixelated porn static gifs that took 45 minutes to load up on your screen

AsianDivaGirlsWebDude · 07-23-2013, 03:37 AM

Steve Jobs and Apple in 1981:

ADG

SpeedoDave · 07-23-2013, 04:50 AM

That was kewl - thanks for sharing.

This is my favourite - https://youtube.com/watch?v=D_f3uIzEIxo - I don't think the commodore is keeping with me.

Dave

alex.missyouth · 07-23-2013, 08:44 AM

Great clip, thx for sharing.

PornDiscounts-V · 07-23-2013, 09:09 AM

Genie, CompuServe, Prodigy, BBS's... those were the days.

adultmobile · 07-23-2013, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by **********

That was awesome.

I had a TRS-80 Model 1 similar to the one he used and a red dial-up phone too. Old tech rocks.

It was bad, not awesome! I was around (after 1988 really, from commodore and up) and I remember it was damn slow, even I got an HST 9600 which was very new at the time. Also you hit the "busy line" in BBSs this was frustrating, is like 2 people connect is a ddos already. Just it was cheaper than internet since I was using bluebox really, no one of my friends made normal calls.

edgeprod · 07-23-2013, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by javbucks

56k all day

Ha, 56k came MUCH later. I upgraded to a 300 baud modem and thought it was breakneck speeds.

_Richard_ · 07-23-2013, 03:40 PM

and we'll watch the same video next week again, and be amazed again

SCSI Joe · 07-23-2013, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by marlboroack

I can't wait to see the next 50 years

According to some, they'll be downloading our brains in about 50 years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/bu...anted=all&_r=0

fitzmulti · 07-23-2013, 03:53 PM

Wild. I had that in college. :P

marcop · 07-23-2013, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by **********

That was awesome.

I had a TRS-80 Model 1 similar to the one he used and a red dial-up phone too. Old tech rocks.

I was programming in Basic on a Commodore Pet back in 1980/1 in England. And in 1983 I worked for a NYC bank and wrote an application in Microsoft Cobol that ran on an IBM PC. They were the days, we used to live in paper bag in septic tank... cue Monty Python . . . .

adultmobile · 07-23-2013, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by _Richard_

and we'll watch the same video next week again, and be amazed again

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