@Clinicallydepressedpoochie to Ask Lemmy • 12 hours agoHow old do you think is the oldest lemmy user?message-square37arrow-up145arrow-down13
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareHow old do you think is the oldest lemmy user?@Clinicallydepressedpoochie to Ask Lemmy • 12 hours agomessage-square37
minus-squarepalordrolaplinkfedilink4•11 hours 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-squaresnooggumslinkEnglish4•10 hours agoI’m thinking of TCP/IP allowing for the connectivity to massively expand around '83.
minus-square@johsnylinkEnglish2•8 hours agoI do. And telnet, and eventually winsock and altavista. I miss alt.lemmy.shitpost
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