What do you miss from the early net?

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by DanielXY
Early is for me when 14.4 modems where the latest thing. That was my starting time.

Real men used 300 baud and UDP.

[Dis]

So what was the very first website you visited on the internet?

I can't remember exactly. It was either Megadeth.com or Penthouse.com. Penthouse used to have all sorts of free pictures back then, it was the only place I knew I would find porn (I had no idea how to search for it back then)

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat


Real men used 300 baud and UDP.

I was in back then and first got in in 82. BBS's were the thing but if you were lucky you would find one that had access to the 'net.

I miss the old vax computers with the clickity click keyboards and the 20 year old, amber monochrome monitors with the grey stains all over the keyboard.

VAX doesn't break. Ever. Ever. EVER.


The other thing I dont' really miss but have affection for are those damn, "under construction" signs everyone had on their page. Or the little revolving email icon at the bottom of the page.

Or if you want something that really looks bad, the little rainbow horizontal line.

Man the formatting back then sucked.

[Pekka]

I had also 14.4.. GVC.. it was a good modem too.
I wonder what my first website was. Before that I was already browsing through BBS's from.. 94? So it wasn't that new of a technology to me. But ISP back then were very expensive here.. around 95 came the first reasonable priced for what I figure. Somehow I can't remember my first websites I frequented.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Dissident
So what was the very first website you visited on the internet?

http://www.cnil.fr/

The French organization specialized in protecting computer privacy of the peaople. France has a law since 1972 that allows people to demand to change any computer data that is held about them. It was one of the first concerns when internet began to be widely used.

[Ted Striker]

http://raw.wwe.com/superstars/dupree/index.html

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by Azazel
nothing. I got on in 99'.

Me too. Found Apolyton soon after.

There is one thing I won't miss when I get rid of it. Dial-up internet access.

I mean is there anyone here who still goes online, downloads mail & news, loads html pages he wants to read and then disconnects to do the actual reading, cause I pay internet per hour.

Something to talk to gandchildren about while they get network biochips surgicaly implanted in their brains

[Adagio]

Originally posted by VetLegion
(...) cause I pay internet per hour.

Pay per hour?

As I had dial-up internet I was charged per minute...

[Mr. Oobir]

I got on the Internet in '99 (or '98, I forget which), so I don't have much to miss. The only thing I find lacking is the excitement and wonder the whole thing held to me. Back when I used AOL on my brother's PC, I was shocked by an IM someone sent to me. Nowadays, I have difficulty in getting myself to maintain my websites regularly. I used to visit as many sites as I could find; now, I rarely visit more than two in a day, excluding my own. I still find the Internet to be a useful tool, but that's all it is now - a tool.