Friday, October 30, 2009

Internet's 40's birthday 10/29


Why do we today celebrate today - October 29 - as the internet's 40's birthday? Because on this day in 1969, what would later became known as the internet was used for the very first time - and crashed. Read More

Yes I remember the old "Dialind", I was one of the 1st 10 to access the net here in Ripley County. It was all text no images at all. You may dial in 100 or more times before you received a connection. I think there were only 10 lines, so you had to wait your turn. ..... jack