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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 08 2017, @06:10PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 08 2017, @06:10PM (#536592)

    The workd wide web was only invented in the early 90's.

    Before that I used terminal emulation software to dial into the library that had lynx for accessing gopher holes. They also had their search catalog, as well as magazine seraches; with full-text available.

    Before that there was BBSs, but I was never too interested in that. My dad kept in touch with people around the world with some kind of batch mail or news service (may have been usenet).

  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Monday July 10 2017, @04:29AM (1 child)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Monday July 10 2017, @04:29AM (#537028) Journal

    There is -- or was -- more to the internet than the WWW. I have vague memories of gopher and archie. Less vague memories of usenet. At least usenet is still around.

    • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Monday July 10 2017, @04:30AM

      by hemocyanin (186) on Monday July 10 2017, @04:30AM (#537029) Journal

      oops -- I only read paragraph 1 before firing off some light snark. Sorry about that, my bad.