@Clinicallydepressedpoochie to Ask Lemmy • 1 month agoHow old do you think is the oldest lemmy user?message-square58arrow-up173arrow-down15
arrow-up168arrow-down1message-squareHow old do you think is the oldest lemmy user?@Clinicallydepressedpoochie to Ask Lemmy • 1 month agomessage-square58
minus-squaresnooggumslinkEnglish10•edit-21 month agoWell fuck, I’m on the young end of Gen X and I was around for the birth of the internet in '83.
minus-squarepalordrolaplinkfedilink6•1 month agoWhat’s specific about '83? ARPANET began in 1969 and grew from there, mostly in academia, until HTTP finally transformed it into the WWW in the '90s. The “September that never ended” began in 1993. Maybe you meant that?
minus-squaresnooggumslinkEnglish9•1 month agoI’m thinking of TCP/IP allowing for the connectivity to massively expand around '83.
minus-square@johsnylinkEnglish4•1 month agoI do. And telnet, and eventually winsock and altavista. I miss alt.lemmy.shitpost
Well fuck, I’m on the young end of Gen X and I was around for the birth of the internet in '83.
What’s specific about '83? ARPANET began in 1969 and grew from there, mostly in academia, until HTTP finally transformed it into the WWW in the '90s.
The “September that never ended” began in 1993. Maybe you meant that?
I’m thinking of TCP/IP allowing for the connectivity to massively expand around '83.
Do you remember using Gopher?
I do. And telnet, and eventually winsock and altavista. I miss alt.lemmy.shitpost