Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 年前How old do you think is the oldest lemmy user?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down16
arrow-up168arrow-down1message-squareHow old do you think is the oldest lemmy user?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square56fedilink
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 年前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?
minus-square[deleted]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 年前I’m thinking of TCP/IP allowing for the connectivity to massively expand around '83.
minus-squarejohsny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 年前I 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