"first" computer on the internet

[Tony Mori]

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From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin at xenosoft.com>
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Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: "first" computer on the internet


> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Sean Conner wrote:
>>   Depends upon the service.  AOL with USENET and email in 1993. 
>> Compuserve
>> probably a bit before that.  Heck,  still remember the Trumpet IP stack 
>> for
>> Windows.
>
> Compuserve started in 1969!
> When internet access started becoming popular, like AOHell, it even tried
> to compete with the internet for a while, with forums, etc.
> Now it is owned by AOL?
>
> Remember when Netcom, etc. put their own wrappers around internet content?
>
> Remember Prodigy?

Heh - Prodigy, the Source, CompuServe, BRS After Dark, there were a TON of 
them...
I remember starting out on CompuServe in 1982 or so - 76576,2064 - I guess I 
will NEVER forget it!
300 baud on a Tandy CoCo2 (which I STILL have...).


As I recall, I *LEFT* AOL in about 1993/1994 - my original username was 
PowerTrip  :)

AOL, as I recall, also rolled-in the PC-Link system that Radio Shack/Tandy 
included with all their PC's.

REAL old-timers will remember that there was even an AOL client for the 
Apple ][GS!