Well, it became mainstream by the late 1990s (IIRC the pets.com superbowl ad was 1999). But in 1992 or so it was still a bunch of Gopher sites (this new fangled

Well, it became mainstream by the late 1990s (IIRC the pets.com superbowl ad was 1999). But in 1992 or so it was still a bunch of Gopher sites (this new fangled "World Wide Web" will never displace this technology...) and MUDs being used by college students and hobbyists.