17 Jul
2004
17 Jul
'04
4:24 a.m.
At 16:50 17/07/2004, you wrote:
Anyway, this demo brings-up an interesting
question. What kind of
dial-up
systems existed in the 70's before consumer-oriented services like
CompuServe? I remember the DowJones and CompuServe sign-up packs at
RadioShack in maybe 1979 (I joined CIS in 1988. I even remember my ID:
70153,3367). I also remember in high school (around 1983) using a DECwriter
to dial into the timesharing computer (at 300 baud; I don't know the host
system) at one of the local universities.
I was thinking of Prestel, a service I used in the early '80s. A google
for information it turned up:
http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/carlson/timeline.shtml
"The online timeline - A capsule history of online news and information
systems"
Looks like it will answer your question to some extend :-)
Rob