Mmastodon TechnologyInternet first seen 5 h ago, last 2 h ago, peak #4

Nostalgia for the command-line internet of the 1980s

Original: Used to haunt this 24hr computer lab back in the # 80s . It was all new then. The # internet was command line. Graphics

A longtime computer user is recalling nights spent in a 24-hour computer lab during the 1980s, when the internet was text-only and accessed through command lines, with graphics limited to ASCII characters. They remember debates about whether the new medium would simply become television all over again, an prediction they believe proved correct.

Why now: People enjoy nostalgia and comparing early internet predictions with how the online world actually turned out.

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Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 3 snapshots from 5 h ago to 2 h ago.

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• Used to haunt this 24hr computer lab back in the # 80s . It was all new then. The # internet was command line. Graphics were # ASCII . We had talks about the future of it all. One opinion was that it would be # TV all over again. We were right. Once somebody figured out how to… · jimmorack · 1

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