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[OSS 117]

I definitely don't remember any of that or most Internet stuff prior to 93. I don't think I even used the internet when I was in college. No one really used it then.

 

[TPerry]

I definitely don't remember any of that or most Internet stuff prior to 93. I don't think I even used the internet when I was in college. No one really used it then.

It really hasn't changed much... even back then the common thing people were looking for was warez or pron.

 

[OSS 117]

Those existed then too? I'm legitimately curious because I thought porn on the net came along in or around '97-98. The coolest thing about the late 1990s in computers for me were Iomega ZIP drives and the colorful Apples/Macs. I'd say the colored Macs were the highlight of the late 1990s, along with turtlenecks paired with jeans, and single strap carry bags. I suppose to an extent if you were female, 25 and under, you were an avid Spice Girls fan.

 

[TPerry]

Those existed then too? I'm legitimately curious because I thought porn on the net came along in or around '97-98. The coolest thing about the late 1990s in computers for me were Iomega ZIP drives and the colorful Apples/Macs. I'd say the colored Macs

Heck, in Dallas there were 3 "Adult" nodes in HUB6000 alone.... so yes, they were there even then.
I remember when the colored 3.5" disks were the craze. They had a hard time keeping them in stock. I had a ZIP drive attached to the 386 that I backed stuff up with but never got into Mac then.

 

[OSS 117]

I had a bunch of left over colorful floppies. I had bought so many of them for cheap. Obviously useless nowadays. They make for fun plinking or plastic pigeon shooting.

 

[Gazhyde]

The company I joined in '91 ran it's own BBS for customers to access stuff from. Was my first real experience of going on line in some form or the other.

I can also remember having to carry 2 aluminium flight cases with me to site. One with tools and documentation, the other crammed with about 200 x 3.5" discs and a load of DAT tapes...

Oh, and am I the only one whose internal voice says this when I see this thread?

 

[Lisa]

Oh, and am I the only one whose internal voice says this when I see this thread?
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Not just you.. you're just the only one admitting it

 

[wedgar]

Heck, in Dallas there were 3 "Adult" nodes in HUB6000 alone.... so yes, they were there even then.
I remember when the colored 3.5" disks were the craze. They had a hard time keeping them in stock. I had a ZIP drive attached to the 386 that I backed stuff up with but never got into Mac then.

Even CompuServe had their own adult special interest groups in the 80's.

 

[wedgar]

I had a bunch of left over colorful floppies. I had bought so many of them for cheap. Obviously useless nowadays. They make for fun plinking or plastic pigeon shooting.

Hah! Good idea.

I've got a box of 100 3-1/2" floppies still around. Still got some 5-1/4" and a box of 8" floppies around.

 

[OSS 117]

I had several thousand. LOL Around the time CD burners and I guess DVD came along, I was convinced that it wouldn't be the future. I bought a CD burner from a now defunct company. I think it was called CD Writer or something like that. It wasn't the best burner, and neither were the other options at the time. Around that period, my go-to store, Fry's, held massive sales on floppies. Each 100 ct. box of colorful floppies ran me a few dollars. A far-cry from the prices I'd seen years prior, when Floppy reigned supreme. I bought several thousand over a period of six months.

Now I still hold onto CD RW, DVD RW and BluRay RW.

 

[OSS 117]

Not just you.. you're just the only one admitting it

WRONG!

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[Liam W]

Internet speeds? Bah. I get better speeds on my HSPA+ phone.

The again, it depends on the site. iPlayer can stream just fine.

I don't know what my Mum pays for it though...

The home is around 13mbps on speed test, which has improved.

I'm waffling. I'll shut up and click the post button.

Oh, before I do, I remember dial up. It was slow, but we didn't know anything else so it was fine...