ZWho63@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoGlory to our new overlords!lemmy.mlimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down136
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minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up61arrow-down2·11 months agoThe public internet has been around about three times longer than what you’re calling “old”. Geocities, Angelfire, and dialup modems are the “old” internet.
minus-squareDaleGribble88@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·11 months agoBBS’s would like a word
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoNo kidding. Wardialing with my C64 and a 300 baud modem was the shit in the mid 80s.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoI used ftp, Archie, and gopher in college. I even had a paper book called “The Internet Yellow Pages” before search engines were a thing.
minus-squareGlobulart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoNot in the way it used to be though. I guess what I really miss is finding matches for counterstrike and stuff using IRC, it felt properly community based instead of designed to extract maximum money.
The public internet has been around about three times longer than what you’re calling “old”.
Geocities, Angelfire, and dialup modems are the “old” internet.
BBS’s would like a word
No kidding. Wardialing with my C64 and a 300 baud modem was the shit in the mid 80s.
I used ftp, Archie, and gopher in college. I even had a paper book called “The Internet Yellow Pages” before search engines were a thing.
I miss IRC
IRC is still very much around.
Not in the way it used to be though. I guess what I really miss is finding matches for counterstrike and stuff using IRC, it felt properly community based instead of designed to extract maximum money.