30 Nov
2002
30 Nov
'02
4:19 a.m.
On Nov 30, 17:57, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
Well, yes, but not everywhere, and _certainly_ not for
everyone.
By the late '80's it covered most of Western Europe and the States
including non-academic sites. CIX (Compulink Information Exchange) was
founded in 1987, and Demon Internet in June 1992, both offering public
services in the UK. Demon charged UKP10/month for dialup access.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
I just wish the internet was around 10 years ago.
Fortunately, it was. 
30 Nov
30 Nov
4:33 a.m.
New subject: The internet 10 years ago (was Re: Selling it off. What would you keep ?)
--- Peter Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com> wrote:
On Nov 30, 17:57, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
Well, yes, but not everywhere, and _certainly_ not for
everyone.
By the late '80's it covered most of Western Europe and the States
including non-academic sites. CIX (Compulink Information Exchange) was
founded in 1987, and Demon Internet in June 1992, both offering public
services in the UK. Demon charged UKP10/month for dialup access.
10 years ago, I was doing Usenet and email through my Amiga (with two
ST225s and a PC-XT disk controller!) with UUCP. I couldn't do ftp
and telnet and cool stuff like that, but I could at least get a few
newsgroups like comp.sources.amiga and rec.humor.funny delivered to my
door.
2400 bps, 20 MB news spool! Those were the days. Not.
-ethan
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I just wish the internet was around 10 years ago.
Fortunately, it was. 
7:48 a.m.
New subject: The internet 10 years ago (was Re: Selling it off. What would you keep ?)
--- Peter Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com>
wrote:
10 Years ago, I was stationed in Washington DC, and using Holonet in
Berkley as my ISP (it was only a shell account). I accessed them via
either the Compuserve network (instead of logging into Compuserve, I was
able to log into them), or via dialup. Via Compuserve I was able to get
2400 bps, via dialup 9600bps (I had a 14.4k modem). I used 'elm' and
'tin'
(I still do), and could FTP files to my Holonet account, and then use
zmodem to transfer them to my 486/33 (running DOS, Windows, OS/2, and
Linux). The first SLS Linux distro would have come out roughly 10 years
ago. It cost me over $200 in access fees ($6 per hour for Holonet, plus
Compuserve charges) to download it. I'd download part of it each day, then
upload it to a couple of the DC BBS's. I did that for two different SLS
distro's. I'd initially bought OS/2 as commercial UNIX's cost $500+, then
a in Jan '92 I discovered Linux. I've got to admit it hurt a little when I
realized I'd have gotten off cheaper getting a commercial UNIX :^)
I kept with Holonet for until around '99, which was well after I'd gotten
on Netcom. I prefer DSL, and my current setup. The only things I depend
on others for are the physical connection to the Internet and DNS (and I
keep meaning to setup my own DNS server). Granted this email is coming
On Nov 30, 17:57, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
By the late '80's it covered most of Western Europe and the States
including non-academic sites. CIX (Compulink Information Exchange) was
founded in 1987, and Demon Internet in June 1992, both offering public
services in the UK. Demon charged UKP10/month for dialup access.
10 years ago, I was doing Usenet and email through my Amiga (with two
ST225s and a PC-XT disk controller!) with UUCP. I couldn't do ftp
and telnet and cool stuff like that, but I could at least get a few
newsgroups like comp.sources.amiga and rec.humor.funny delivered to my
door.
2400 bps, 20 MB news spool! Those were the days. Not. > I
just wish the internet was around 10 years ago.
Fortunately, it was.
Well, yes, but not everywhere, and _certainly_ not for
everyone. from my ISP, but that's because my real address
isn't publically known :^)
Zane
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12:04 p.m.
> > > I just wish the internet was around 10
years ago.
> > Fortunately, it was.
> Well, yes, but not everywhere, and _certainly_
not for everyone.
By the late '80's it covered most of Western
Europe and the States
including non-academic sites. CIX (Compulink Information Exchange) was
founded in 1987, and Demon Internet in June 1992, both offering public
services in the UK. Demon charged UKP10/month for dialup access.
I remember Delphi advertising 'Telnet and FTP' access as well in the early
1990s, and obviously when I was at UC San Diego, Net access was no problem.
I dialed in with my C128 regularly over a 1200bps modem with a PD VT100
emulator.
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