Thread: Washington Post Editorial: "If I could, I would repeal the Internet"
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Old 07-08-2013, 04:27 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
The USENET, pre-web era. Circa 1990-95.

But there was an earlier, stricty utilitarian era:



Which is what the current Internet 2 is all about.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet2
Alas no PDP 8.

I did occasionally touch a PDP11 until the turn of the century and the dating problems.
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