"first" computer on the internet

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Sunday 20 July 2008 13:15, Fred Cisin wrote:
> 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?

Hey,  anybody else out there remember fidonet?  I was a user,  then a point,  
then a node,  and finally an NC before I pulled the plug on it -- in late 
2006!  Not to mention moderating a whole bunch of "echos"...

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