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Yup, and your files you got via FTP. You searched for them using Archie. There was no web; but there was Gopher, and Veronica was the search engine for Gophers
by Luyt 14y ago
Yup, and your files you got via FTP. You searched for them using Archie. There was no web; but there was Gopher, and Veronica was the search engine for Gopherspace.
Instead of Twittering, everybody was chatting on IRC. And the internet wasn't corrupted by commercials yet, as the Web is today.
- anigbrowl 14y agoHeh, fun times. I had a book [1] out on how to use all these different services around 1995, and it was obsolete within a year of publication. I thought the web was the hot new thing too, but I didn't expect it to so thoroughly destroy most of the other vectors. 1. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1898275351?SubscriptionId=0QCHRJVSKG6F3BRGBNG2&tag=pbs_00005-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1898275351 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1898275351?SubscriptionId=0... ...obscure enough that it's priced like a a rare book, ha ha.
- eridius 14y ago"Instead of"? People still chat on IRC. I'm on IRC right now.
- zalew 14y agomostly those who 'still'.