Your first introduction to the internet - Page 3

**billybunter** · December 12th, 2011, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenSkull

Yet still your hover sits there gathering dust

I knew you were sneaking in through my kitchen window GS. Thank god I lock my love nest, em, I mean bedroom at night

army1959 · December 12th, 2011, 10:32 PM

it was mainly government and schools just you're typical nerd stuff the one i built filled a diner table and it had 6 power sources the pictures you got from it were so grainy that you had to use a magnifiers to see them kind of like a bad xerox copy it was like using a fax machine with the old style drum that you filed with ink the rest of them sat in 2 semi trailers and mine blew up after about a month tubes and all

**trailmaster** · April 14th, 2016, 04:10 PM

The internet has been around since 1969, but I did not get my own PC until 2010. I mostly used the computers at my job to get onto the internet, but I did not look at porn. During my lunch hour I used the internet to look up addresses of various merchandise stores. I never felt the need to own a PC.

lunahomme · April 14th, 2016, 07:18 PM

At university in the 1993/94 - Mosaic for the browser ( or Lynx for text-only browsing), Pine for email. Everything quite basic... Got a dial-up CompuServe account after I graduated. But everything has moved on a long way since then...

**GailFan** · April 17th, 2016, 02:22 AM

I owned an Amiga A1200 in the mid-90s (and I'm proud to say I still own, it still works, and can still access the Internet through wireless broadband). I had been playing around on BBSes since 92. In 1997 I started a course at tech, for which I required an email address, so I got myself onto the interweb. Went with a tiny mom-and-pop ISP who knew nothing about Amiga, so they couldn't offer me any support, but they were pleased nonetheless that I got online. Later discovered they were massively over-charging me and switched to a different provider.

The first thing I checked out was some website addresses listed in a recent issue of Mayfair. These are the first two pictures I downloaded, timestamped 11/02/1997 at 12:51 am.

**footstep** · April 17th, 2016, 03:09 AM

1998 when I bought my first dell.

**beutelwolf** · April 17th, 2016, 05:06 AM

I first used email in about 1983, but only very sporadically. In the late 1980s I hung around in a few newsgroups, and some of those old posts still show up when I google myself...

Before http I used to connect to a few places via ftp, and even gopher. My first browser was mosaic in approximately 1992.

**slowdiver** · April 17th, 2016, 10:29 PM

My first personal internet access came via the local library, around 98-99. However about six years prior, I had an Amiga 500. While I never accessed the internet myself on the machine, I did regularly obtain games that had been downloaded via bbs by a guy who used to run a market stall on a local Sunday car boot.

My first awareness of the internet however, or I should say of the idea of it, came back in 1984, when I read an article about, and saw an advert for a 'modem', for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. You needed an old type of telephone, with the round/bulbous mouthpiece/earpiece, as the telephone physically sat in a cradle on the modem, with mouth and earpieces up against speaker and microphone. At the time, I had no idea of the potential of the device, or where it would lead us.

Jag7777 · April 17th, 2016, 10:36 PM

I go back to the very early days of BBS.

You know, I think I liked it much better then, it was new, a journey of exploration.

Now, for me at least the shine has worn off it.

Jag. (Just an old adventurer ... )

December 12th, 2011, 10:32 PM	#22
army1959 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: any where usa Posts: 205 Thanks: 1,155 Thanked 2,949 Times in 184 Posts	it was mainly government and schools just you're typical nerd stuff the one i built filled a diner table and it had 6 power sources the pictures you got from it were so grainy that you had to use a magnifiers to see them kind of like a bad xerox copy it was like using a fax machine with the old style drum that you filed with ink the rest of them sat in 2 semi trailers and mine blew up after about a month tubes and all __________________ Lead me not into temptation... I know the way by heart!! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

April 17th, 2016, 02:22 AM	#25
GailFan No longer active Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suicide Alley Posts: 2,797 Thanks: 27,507 Thanked 61,946 Times in 2,770 Posts	I owned an Amiga A1200 in the mid-90s (and I'm proud to say I still own, it still works, and can still access the Internet through wireless broadband). I had been playing around on BBSes since 92. In 1997 I started a course at tech, for which I required an email address, so I got myself onto the interweb. Went with a tiny mom-and-pop ISP who knew nothing about Amiga, so they couldn't offer me any support, but they were pleased nonetheless that I got online. Later discovered they were massively over-charging me and switched to a different provider. The first thing I checked out was some website addresses listed in a recent issue of Mayfair. These are the first two pictures I downloaded, timestamped 11/02/1997 at 12:51 am. __________________ I am no longer active on VEF.

April 17th, 2016, 10:29 PM	#28
slowdiver Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North West UK Posts: 582 Thanks: 787 Thanked 17,685 Times in 563 Posts	My first personal internet access came via the local library, around 98-99. However about six years prior, I had an Amiga 500. While I never accessed the internet myself on the machine, I did regularly obtain games that had been downloaded via bbs by a guy who used to run a market stall on a local Sunday car boot. My first awareness of the internet however, or I should say of the idea of it, came back in 1984, when I read an article about, and saw an advert for a 'modem', for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. You needed an old type of telephone, with the round/bulbous mouthpiece/earpiece, as the telephone physically sat in a cradle on the modem, with mouth and earpieces up against speaker and microphone. At the time, I had no idea of the potential of the device, or where it would lead us. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

April 17th, 2016, 10:36 PM	#29
Jag7777 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Scottish Highlands. Posts: 107 Thanks: 1,160 Thanked 1,007 Times in 107 Posts	I go back to the very early days of BBS. You know, I think I liked it much better then, it was new, a journey of exploration. Now, for me at least the shine has worn off it. Jag. (Just an old adventurer ... ) __________________ You Know Absolutely Nothing, So Kindly Keep It To Yourself.

April 14th, 2016, 04:10 PM	#23
trailmaster Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Posts: 59,904 Thanks: 1,329,092 Thanked 707,282 Times in 60,078 Posts	The internet has been around since 1969, but I did not get my own PC until 2010. I mostly used the computers at my job to get onto the internet, but I did not look at porn. During my lunch hour I used the internet to look up addresses of various merchandise stores. I never felt the need to own a PC.

April 14th, 2016, 07:18 PM	#24
lunahomme Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Posts: 148 Thanks: 16,217 Thanked 2,459 Times in 151 Posts	At university in the 1993/94 - Mosaic for the browser ( or Lynx for text-only browsing), Pine for email. Everything quite basic... Got a dial-up CompuServe account after I graduated. But everything has moved on a long way since then...

April 17th, 2016, 03:09 AM	#26
footstep Lost luggages? Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: France Posts: 7,268 Thanks: 92,097 Thanked 86,765 Times in 7,170 Posts	1998 when I bought my first dell.

April 17th, 2016, 05:06 AM	#27
beutelwolf paludicolous paravant Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Perfidious Albion Posts: 26,735 Thanks: 75,667 Thanked 745,435 Times in 26,855 Posts	I first used email in about 1983, but only very sporadically. In the late 1980s I hung around in a few newsgroups, and some of those old posts still show up when I google myself... Before http I used to connect to a few places via ftp, and even gopher. My first browser was mosaic in approximately 1992.