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Hard to believe this was nearly a quarter century ago. T he references are getting dated: > "How do you scare a Bellhead?" he begins. "First, show them somethi
by mherdeg 6y ago
Hard to believe this was nearly a quarter century ago. T he references are getting dated:
> "How do you scare a Bellhead?" he begins. "First, show them something like RealAudio or IPhone. Then tell them that right now performance is bandwidth-limited, but that additional infrastructure is being deployed."
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> One result is undergrads who, for $29.95 a month, clog up the Internet with CU-SeeMe sessions.
- rhn_mk1 6y agoThe article is dated 1996. How does it have an IPhone reference?
- pkaye 6y agoIts crazy to think that the iPhone only came out in the great recession in 2007. Seems like we had it forever.
- tudorw 6y agoWe not being me, brandishing my Psion gold card as evidence of my first adopter enthusiasm...
- nwallin 6y agoWrong iPhone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_iPhone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_iPhone
- rhn_mk1 6y agoThanks. That's closer, but the time to release is still 2 years. Is the article referencing pre-release rumors? Or was it amended later?
- thodin 6y agoProbably it was about this product: https://www.zdnet.com/article/hey-look-heres-an-iphone-ad-from-uh-1996/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/hey-look-heres-an-iphone-ad-fr...
- Eugr 6y agoI think I still have one somewhere. I believe it was Cisco branded though.
- gnu8 6y agoThe apparently out of place reference to the iPhone in this article from 1996 is actually referring to the IPhone, one of the first internet appliances.