1981 News report on the future of the internet (theguardian.com) 4 points by iamwithnail 12y ago ↗ HN
[–] lolwutf 12y ago ↗ Any idea why this was shot in San Francisco? Why was technology so popular there, even back then? [–] iamwithnail 12y ago ↗ I suspect it's because WELL and other early systems were there. France actually had a precursor system a couple of years earlier, which was only finally turned off a couple of years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel [–] vampirechicken 12y ago ↗ Notice that Compuserve was in Columbus, not in SanFran.We ruled the internet even when it was dial-up via rotary phones.
[–] iamwithnail 12y ago ↗ I suspect it's because WELL and other early systems were there. France actually had a precursor system a couple of years earlier, which was only finally turned off a couple of years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel
[–] vampirechicken 12y ago ↗ Notice that Compuserve was in Columbus, not in SanFran.We ruled the internet even when it was dial-up via rotary phones.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 9.7 ms ] threadWe ruled the internet even when it was dial-up via rotary phones.