What the Internet Looked Like in 1995

The folks at MentalFloss share this:

In this episode of Computer Chronicles, the team goes in-depth on “The Internet,” a trendy topic in 1995. It starts with host Stewart Cheifet in a new-fangled “Internet Cafe,” complete with bulky CRT display and tiny espresso cup — and its datedness just gets more intense from there. Need to know the best FTP site to download the Mosaic Web browser? John Markoff of the NYT will tell you (he’ll also tell you how he gets email from Steve Jobs, and show you how he makes email filters in Eudora). Want to know the inside story of how the geek band Severe Tire Damage streamed (sorry, multicast over the Internet MBone) a concert online? It’s all here. Seriously, you guys, this made me guffaw so many times — not because it’s dumb, but because I lived all this stuff and it’s shocking to me just how amazing it all was and how extraordinarily dated it now seems. Enjoy:

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  1. This is so funny! It’s hard to believe we’ve come so far. I remember when the internet was the COOLEST topic. I also remember the internet cafe’s with the big desk top computers with floppy disks. lol Wow. I feel OLD!

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    1. You and me both. My first [and only] computer class involved punch cards and mainframes. Now, my smartphone has more processing power than that mainframe. *sigh*

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