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online newspapers c. 1981 -- (link)

Posted by pigby (aka chris) Jan 28 '09, 21:06

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CompuServe! (www.youtube.com)

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"both san francisco papers are investing heavily [in their own inevitable demise]." -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 21:35
It'll never catch on. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 28, 21:34
"Of the estimated two to three thousand computer owners in the Bay area ..." -- nm - zork Jan 28, 21:28
"two hours"? -- nm - mud Jan 28, 21:24 1
- 1400 baud baby -- nm - pigby Jan 28, 21:25
Did we still have dial phones in 1981? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 21:23 9
- even the tone phones we got around then had a little 'pulse-tone' switch on them. one of my uncles even had a party line till I was about 10. -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 21:34
- oh sure. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 21:27
- longer than that even i think -- nm - pigby Jan 28, 21:24 6
  - I know we had still had some around, but you'd think the dude has a computer...he'd have "upgraded" to a non-rotary. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 21:26 5
    - no, because it cost extra to have tone service. in fact I think the bastards at bell canada are still charging us extra for that -- nm - zork Jan 28, 21:30
    - He had a computer that connected to his TV, though. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 28, 21:30 3
      - Think of the effort that goes into connecting PCs to TVs these days. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 21:34
      - didn't every computer owner do that then? RF modulators were huge sellers back then -- nm - zork Jan 28, 21:34
      - looked like a Trash-80 -- nm - pigby Jan 28, 21:31
If the New York Times had a time machine, would it go back to 1981 and kill CompuServ? -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 21:16 9
- and how would it have gotten its news over the past 15 years -- nm - zork Jan 28, 21:21
- then hitler. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 21:19 7
  - That was the analogy I was going for. I'm surprised anyone got it. You. Me. Soulmates. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 21:21 6
    - if anyone went back, killed mop's grandpa, then who'd kill Hitl - wait this doesnt make any sdens- -- nm - mud Jan 28, 21:27 3
      - Seriously, dude. That's creepy. What are you, Beetlejuice? I say your name, and you show up? -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 21:31 2
        
        you said my name? I missed it -- nm - mud Jan 28, 21:34 1
        
        A very unusual thread - as is often the case when I'm involved. -- (link) - Mop Jan 28, 21:37 [Backboard]
    - *runs screaming from room* -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 21:25 1
      - What's the deal? You'd be in good company. Ask hyde and mud. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 21:30
"Richard Walton: OWNS HOME COMPUTER" -- nm - Subversive - daddy x 2 Jan 28, 21:16 1
- he calls long distance to Columbus, OH to log in and get the SF paper. between that and the cost of the hardware - pigby Jan 28, 21:20
*gets nostalgic* -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 21:11
NEERRRDDDS! -- nm - Ogre Jan 28, 21:09

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