Subj : The Early Net
To   : Nightfox
From : Mortar
Date : Wed Nov 20 2024 23:30:38

  Re: Re: Internet Availability
  By: Nightfox to calcmandan on Wed Nov 20 2024 13:06:52

 > Also, I liked the early internet too, as there weren't really any ads & such
 > online, and I felt like I was able to find things fairly easily.

Same here.  Graphics?  We didn't need no stinkin' graphics!  Text ruled.  People actually read screens of it, and (mostly) were better writers, too.
There were all kinds of directory books on where to find things online, in fact, I still have the New Riders' Official Internet Yellow Pages, and you won't find a single Web reference in there, 'CUZ IT DIDN'T EXIST YET!  It was all newsgroups, mailing lists and Gopher back then.

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