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Originally Posted by WishfulThinker66
Compuserve for me. I first dialed up to the internet in 1992. Before that however I participated in Bulletin Boards via the phone. This was where you placed the phone receiver itself onto a receiver. Talk about squawking! It was extremely slow and no sound or images.
Speaking of images and sound, my brother was part of the team that first cracked this for what became the Internet.
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My memories of first dialing up are of having to schedule time so as not to interfer with the designated telephone time. I also recall web pages being soooooooo slow to download that I always had a book with me or some other thing with which to multi task. Recall IRLs? Nothing like waiting 2-5 minutes for a response.