Subj : Re: The Early Net
To   : Mortar
From : jimmylogan
Date : Mon Dec 09 2024 07:31:06

-=> Mortar wrote to Nightfox <=-

 Mo>   Re: Re: Internet Availability
 Mo>   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.

 Mo> Same here.  Graphics?  We didn't need no stinkin' graphics!  Text
 Mo> ruled.  People actually read screens of it, and (mostly) were better
 Mo> writers, too. There were all kinds of directory books on where to find
 Mo> things online, in fact, I still have the New Riders' Official Internet
 Mo> Yellow Pages, and you won't find a single Web reference in there, 'CUZ
 Mo> IT DIDN'T EXIST YET!  It was all newsgroups, mailing lists and Gopher
 Mo> back then. --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux

First browser I used on the freenet was lynx :-)





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