Hey Joe!

Aug 30 09:11 07, Joe Delahaye wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 JD> Are you sure it wasnt ARPANET (I think that is what it was called)??

Positive.  It was the internet.  I believe ARPNET was further back but
still existed later and I think still exists today and is employed on the
internet - which is that actual infrastucture btw - not unlike the www and
now Fido in a smaller way.

I recall attending a seminar about the www back then and at that time I
thought it wasn't needed.  Still don't btw.  Uses too much bandwidth with
far too little meaningful substance.

 JD> The internet started pretty much in the mid to late 90's (at least 
 JD> for
 JD> the populace at large).

Right.  'for the populace at large'.  It existed before they riff-raff was
allowed to ruin it for everyone.  ;-)

 JD> If you want to get technical about text
 JD> messaging, then we were doing that in Fido in the 80's  It was called
 JDG>.  In some
 JD> cases it was even instantaneous.

I realize that.  That was closer to what is currently happening with the
world at large in terms of messaging.  If there was a return to that Fido
would be closer to being in sync.

Life is good,
Maurice

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