Originally shared by Richard Wooding
*Before the Web: Online services of yesteryear*
Before we were watching Netflix movies, video-conferencing with our friends, and playing real-time video games on the Internet, we were using online services, such AOL, CompuServe, and GEnie to talk about movies, type letters to our buddies, and play ASCII, turn-based games.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/before-the-web-online-services/
And before that there were drive-ins and play-by-mail games and chatting on the phone, and gathering in the city for a few drinks and reading books. Activities without end really.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. I remember play-by-mail games - I ought to!
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