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Title: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: soop on August 29, 2012, 01:13:16 AM
What did you do? I was just listening to an interview with Tim Berners-Lee, and visited the first ever webpage, http://info.cern.ch/. I knew friends that had modems with their BBCs and they used to access BBS before all that, but I never did.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: Ji-L87 on August 29, 2012, 01:48:35 AM
It was in computer class, at school. Just logged into our 10mb accounts and used Altavista for the first time. I searched for (and found) the official Ferrari homepage.
...ah, I was innocent back then :lol:
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: RegalSin on August 29, 2012, 01:55:13 AM
I looked up the word pussy
I researched about my favorite fictional material. I chatted in AOL with people from the deep south, west side, Long Island. Even those jerks with the text messengers. I even had a sorta role-playing friend. I made a phone call to one of these people. the good old NORMAL fashioned way, back on 56K. No I never cyber with anybody, as the commercials called it.
I toured the world of webpages, Back then I had tons of viruses on my computer because the viruses, all messed with IE, and not AOL explorer. I saw all kinds of wonderful, things, that people of today would find abnormal. It was like the world rediscovered.
This was all before I entered high-school, We were like Children of the Corn back then. Extremely smart and advanced for our generation group, but we had one weakness, the thirst for knowledge and understanding. I was on the road to being a scholar with honors before I used the internet. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
More or less I stopped browsing xxx pictures around 2004. I even deleted them, and then again deleted them. At some point I played PSO for the GCN. I got BSOD BY ROSE1/2 from Japan ( told me that I was cheatin but it was him/her ) on PSO, and even called the dickless SEGA hotline ( that was my WOW days ). I collected all the items, and chatted with all kinds of people from around the world. I tried using the BBurst but my computer was too slow. I have seen Ever quest but never knew it. Maybe when I start to care, and get another powerful machine, I will play WOW.
More or less today, the internet is like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-D9V3NaR4Q That "ass" with the Matrix coat is what got me in trouble, recently. You see they name the files retarded names. Curiosity got the best of the cat.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: Tatsujin on August 29, 2012, 02:01:33 AM
it was in 1995 or 96, when we first got internet at my work, during my apprenticeship at the swiss telecom.
i very first surfed to hompages of konami, capcom and such DLed a lot of picture and illustrations from games like parodius, twin bee, captain commando, street fighter II, final fight etc.
took a lot of time until a pic was displayed in full grace on the screen..you sure remember the multiple mosaic DL procedure until a pic was displayed in full resolution..lol.
to me, at that time, it felt like being the very beginning of that new medium.
got my first flatrate around 98 at home, and was lucky to have few kb/s with my 56k modem at that time. lol.
netscape navigator, alta vista and hotbot were my best friends. lol.
lol, hotbot is still around. wonder if that get still used by the peeps.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: soop on August 29, 2012, 03:11:06 AM
I remember sitting there looking blankly at the screen for a while thinking "What the hell do I want to know?" Then I typed "Ghost in the shell" and I was like "huh." TBH though the Internet's way better now. Everything's quick and the day of AOL homepages is pretty much behind us.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: Arkhan on August 29, 2012, 03:20:25 AM
I got on AOL and typed in "nintendo"
a few hours later, I was on like Rotten.com or something
no idea how that one happened, lol.
GOOD JOB AOL.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: Duo_R on August 29, 2012, 04:01:06 AM
My first experience was with AOL, so for me it was all the chat rooms, etc. We got one of those 90 hours free disks.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: Arkhan on August 29, 2012, 04:06:38 AM
My first experience was with AOL, so for me it was all the chat rooms, etc. We got one of those 90 hours free disks.
DUO_R
ASL,
WAN CYBER? IM ME.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: RegalSin on August 29, 2012, 04:58:11 AM
The wild days of AOL was amazing...... I miss the innocence of everything. I miss the days when nobody knew what a Juridian was, or why Kyle was a messed up name to have. Everything before that was just Mcdonalds, SNES, VHS and homework. The internet is like biting the apple from the fruit of knowledge, but like a hydra/dog, bite me in the ballz. I regret nothing. They make it seem like the last 14 years of my life never occurred.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: esteban on August 29, 2012, 05:14:42 AM
I flirted with BBS stuff on C64/Apple and MUDs (on terminals at computer lab) during 89-93...but only when I was at a computer lab/with friend who was online. WHICH WAS RARE. I knew ONE person who was online (and we had to wait until his DAD was done using the computer, which was NEVER), and I rarely was able to get a terminal at the computer lab (folks would get there earlier than me).
Completely on my own:
(1) Prodigy Online Service (90-93?) --> message boards (Asking questions about obscure bands and getting reliable answer was awesome. I remember finally getting some additional info about "The Commonwealth" (Dave Ort) (...all I had was a fantastic LP by them...I couldn't find anyone, or any fanzine, that gave much info about them). LOTS OF QUESTIONS about when "the next" Fugazi album was going to come out...
(2) 1993-94 --> Freshman in college and used a proper browser for the first time. I looked up information about (surprise!) obscure bands. I had some Polish and Ukranian punk/hardcore EP's and I was hoping to find more information (like, other bands that were similar to them). Needless to say, I found NOTHING. So I read some FAQ's about The Human League and New Musik and Zounds! and etc. instead. I WAS IN HEAVEN.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: geise on August 29, 2012, 06:20:27 AM
I used to use BBS on my Amiga and ST in the early 90's. We got a Mac Power PC in 94. That was really when we first had the WWW. I think we used iCab. Then installed Netscape Navigator. I have no idea who we used at the time, but it was a 14.4 modem :lol: We then upgraded a month later to a 56k. By 95 we had Mindspring as our provider. They were great for newgroup access. Newsgroups was were it was at for the pr0n stuff. It was also good for the .rec groups for video games and music. That was also the time when all the pages on the net were using a black page against censorship. Haha the blue ribbon campain. As for the first thing I searched for? Hmmm...it was probably something pr0n, music, or video game related.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: RegalSin on August 29, 2012, 08:02:03 AM
Speaking of internet history on the record this was the first image
Ironic isn't it. A bunch of popstars, B-girls, dressed up like if they are from a retro 1950's dance.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: SuperPlay on August 29, 2012, 10:02:02 AM
In the late '80s and Early '90s I could loan an Amstrad PPC-640 as I required it (I was a very lucky lad!). I used this to connect to BBS boards at 1200/2400 Baud (Whopping 512k/1MB per hour download!). Mainly for PC apps n chat and then later new game releases for the Super Famicom.
Also around the same time I was lucky enough to have access to the local universitys 24 hour computer lab. I knew the head of the computing faculty and they arranged me access :-) I had some strange looks in the lab as I was only 14/15 at the time ;-) I mainly used this to access FTP sites for downloading apps and pc demos from the Future Crew/Triton etc.
Then in 1993 I stated to work at a computer store who sold their own ISP service (If I remember it was the DEMON internet service re-branded) and as a member of staff I had free internet access at home (I still had to pay the local call charge). I cannot remember how, but I managed to get my hands on a US Robotics 56k Courier modem for not a lot of money. At the time these retailed for around £400!
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: turboswimbz on August 29, 2012, 10:10:42 AM
Hmmm let's see we got the 56K in the later 90's, my parents couldn't understand what one would do with the internet up that point. We used e-mail mainly, I think I wondered into a few AOL chatrooms the few times i got to use it unsupervised, But mostly in my house we used it as an ecyclopedia, when one could not find the answer it was best to "ask the internet". by the time I was middle school, just a few years later, higher speed net was all but here, and we had access normally in school. The internet for me became just part of life.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: SignOfZeta on August 29, 2012, 11:51:44 AM
Actual WWW, like pictures and sounds and resources that started out with http://www (http://www/)....? Probably late 94 or early 95. I did plenty of time on BBSs though, mainly to warez Amiga games.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: roflmao on August 29, 2012, 01:18:22 PM
Interesting thread. I was really into BBSing before the internet caught on. I think we got our first modem in '90 or '91. Before that I used a terminal at the high school library to join chatrooms. I started my first BBS in '91 or '92 (Used TriBBS then switched to Renegade). That ran until I moved from Hawaii in late '93. I started up another one in RI using WWIV, but it didn't last too long. (aside: I remember going all out and buying a 486 DX2/66 for the RI BBS. It was a smoking fast machine at the time!)
When I lived in HI and ran the BBS, I helped start a network of BBSs which eventually linked up with a BBS on the mainland. We then connected to FIDO and could send emails and join in forums all over the world. We even got the local radio station, Radio Free Hawaii, on our network and listeners could fill out a form online to request music. It was glorious. :)
Then the internet happened and all that disappeared. :(
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: TheClash603 on August 29, 2012, 01:39:15 PM
My family first got Prodigy right around 1990. I used to love playing Carmen Sandiego on the service when I was a kid.
Then my family moved to the middle of nowhere and the phone lines were so bad, no internet from 1992-1997. Finally, we returned to civilization and got on AOL in 1997.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: Chuplayer on August 29, 2012, 01:47:57 PM
I think it was 1998. It was at the local library where my mom worked. I went to Nintendo's website and Game Sages. It was awesome. I barely knew how to use it, but it was awesome.
They seriously needed to defrag their hard drive, though. It was slow as molasses.
I didn't get it at home until June 2000... on my Dreamcast! My parents didn't want to buy a PC. We eventually got one around October of that year. I lucked out and got it right before a long 5 day weekend because of a teacher convention or something. Once again, I didn't really know what I was doing, but I set it up without any help.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: BigusSchmuck on August 29, 2012, 01:50:18 PM
Am I the only one who looked up Dragon Quest 5 and 6 the first time being online? The second thing was ordering stuff from tzd in 95ish, possibly later. Oh yeah and going to www.zophar.net (http://www.zophar.net/) and making myself a nuisance at the dump which used to be hosted at classicgaming before it finally shut down.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: wilykat on August 29, 2012, 03:14:13 PM
Ahhh my creaky old memory isn't what they used to be.
The first time I was online (not internet) was with C64 and a 300 bps modem. Chat room, a couple games, and such. I used ArborNet that day.
The first time I had internet access was when AOL offered flat rate. I tried AOL, found internet, I think I was looking for Thundercats at the time. Thundercats (1985 series) had started on Cartoon Network and I wanted to find episode guide so I'd know how many episodes and how many tapes I'd need.
Or maybe it was Atari? I remember Atari Nexus and lots of information I never knew such as the solution to the first-ever video game easter egg. (I knew of the hidden screen but not how to get to it)
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: TR0N on August 29, 2012, 07:37:32 PM
Sega netlink back in 96 or 97.I didn't have the money for a pc in those days,so the netlink for the sega saturn was the next best thing for me.I remember wasting alot of time "in the irc chatroom for it" beside playing duke nukem 3d and plenty of bomberman online for it.The broswer for it was by planetweb and it was ok 'but not as good for what a pc could do.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: Bernie on August 29, 2012, 09:02:37 PM
You've got mail!
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: soop on August 29, 2012, 11:25:58 PM
Ah, good times, good memories.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: TR0N on August 29, 2012, 11:51:51 PM
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: BigusSchmuck on August 30, 2012, 03:19:03 AM
Anyone ever play this back in the day? http://discworld.atuin.net/lpc/ 21 years and still going, thats got to be a record.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: Arkhan on August 30, 2012, 03:33:27 AM
I played a few other MUDs
there was one on AOL I can't remember for the f*cking life of me.
It was clicky based (had drop downs/web pages), and it was neat. There was PVP (In a place called The Nexus, I believe), and you could go into these mines and shit.
I had a psionic guy.
WHAT WAS IT CALLED. f*ck.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: Tatsujin on August 30, 2012, 03:37:37 AM
amazing how fast the time rushed over. and sad to think about the fact, that the glory days of internetz might be over very soon.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: esteban on August 30, 2012, 03:45:11 AM
Anyone ever play this back in the day? http://discworld.atuin.net/lpc/ 21 years and still going, thats got to be a record.
No, but i do love the disc world books.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: futureman2000 on August 30, 2012, 06:12:34 AM
I remember looking through Yahoo for web pages of bands that I liked- when you would click entertainment -> Music -> bands -> then look through the alphabetical list for what you wanted.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: BigusSchmuck on August 30, 2012, 07:38:30 AM
Anyone ever play this back in the day? http://discworld.atuin.net/lpc/ 21 years and still going, thats got to be a record.
No, but i do love the disc world books.
Its about the closest you'll get to a Discworld rpg online and still has rabid followers to this day.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: wilykat on August 30, 2012, 09:14:57 AM
I remember looking for noobs on AOL chats.
{s gotmail}
watch people leave chat room to check for phantom mail
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: RegalSin on August 30, 2012, 01:27:45 PM
I remember giving advice, to people on how to run a business. I pulled the advice from films I watched on WPIX 11 and WWOR 9. Hey tom see you at the party.
I even pretended to be a girl and the screen filled up with nothing but pop-ups. It was like pop-ups like no tommorow, it made my computer crash."Hi their I am wearing nipple, rings and have toasty sun burnt skin, I am a really naughty, naughty" A year or two later, I think Jenny Jones ( or was it Riki Lake ) did the same exact thing, but she never got as much pop-ups. I mean seriously, you know how many horny people are out their. Back in 19XX
It was like PSO but without 3d world, basically 2nd life.
Title: Re: The first time you used the World Wide Web
Post by: reno5 on September 04, 2012, 01:19:40 AM
Don't remember what was my firsts pages but it was back in 1994-95 at the library. Old time with Netscape 1.0 and Trumpet Winsock on a windows 3.1 system :)