Subj : Re: computers
To   : Malvinas
From : TheNerd
Date : Thu Jul 25 2024 10:43:06

 Ma> IIRC, 'the internet', as such actually started out in 1995, replacing
 Ma> Compuserve.
 Ma> I wouldn't know as I got my PC connected with a modem around 1997, when
 Ma> the inernet already was a thing but there wasn't much to do there
 Ma> either, there was a lot more activity in BBS systems.

Bah.. the Internet was a 30 year old overnight success by the time 95 rolled around.  The marker for 95 was simply Windows 95, which was built to be online at the time.  3.1 would do it of course with WinSock but it was a pita and unreliable.  95 was the shit..  the world changed that day.  


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