Subj : Internet Availability
To   : Mortar
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Nov 12 2024 10:19:39

  Re: Internet Availability
  By: Mortar to Nightfox on Tue Nov 12 2024 12:04 am

 Mo> Quite true.  It wouldn't be until 1993, when Windows 3.11 was released,
 Mo> that most people would take their first steps into the online world,
 Mo> thanks to improvements to the Windows networking subsystem, making
 Mo> services like Compuserve, America Online and Prodigy viable.  But it was
 Mo> in 1995 that the Iternet really took off.  Online services now provided
 Mo> gateways to the Internet, as well as dedicated ISPs started to pop up, and
 Mo> thanks to DSL, you could use your current modem if you didn't have cable.
 Mo> It was a wonderous time.

I'd heard of Prodigy, CompuServe, and AOL long before 1993, as my dad had been using those (even from DOS).  I got my first computer in 1992, but I wasn't aware of the internet until late 1995.

Nightfox
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