Outside of work use of acoustic coupled TI Silent 700 )?) Compuserve was my
intro to t’internet before we had the Web.
On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 17:36, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2400baud! Blimey, that were fast, lad!
>
> In my case private-capacity online began in 1986, perhaps a bit before
> then, and would have been a bulletin-board type service, possibly Bix, run
> by Byte magazine. I even had a packet-switch service to cut down the costs
> of downloading, since there were no local access points (dial-up, remember).
>
> Apart from timesharing terminal time in 1979-80, my first work-related
> online use would have been in 1984 in connection with the LA Olympics. I
> was working for a national newspaper, and our sports correspondents were
> horrified to discover that the LAOOC had thought it unnecessary to provide
> telex facilities for filing copy. I recall being roped in to roll out an
> email facility using Telecom Gold (a bought-in X.400 service) and then to
> train the journalists to use it. I think my ID was OBS002 (the IT manager
> grabbed OBS001)! That used 300/300 baud acoustic couplers, if you remember
> them.
>
> My first recalled use of t'Internet itself was to get details of the Kobe
> earthquake in January 1995 (I had acquired a Demon Internet account the
> year before), but I suspect it did not involve use of the Web - maybe
> Veronica and Gopher? Bet you don't remember them!
>
> Piers
>
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> Sent: 02 November 2017 16:31
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Technology Survey
>
> I’ve assumed that it’s aimed at Americans, so I haven’t bothered, but it
> must be quite tricky to set the target audience in cases like this.
>
> I reckon that I first went online, in a private capacity, in 1989; a
> colleague on the same squadron at MacDill AFB lent me his 2400baud modem
> and allowed me to contact a bulletin board. It was for only a couple of
> hours, but it was fun.
>
> I was properly online from about 1994, using Netscape on a library
> computer in central London.
>
> Chris
>
> > On 2 Nov 2017, at 15:32, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Just took it, but the questions are obviously geared towards someone
> who's
> > not me. I've been actively involved online since roughly 1993, and I'm in
> > IT. So the questions like, "Does your family think it's a good idea for
> you
> > to go online" make me chuckle. I would say it depends - my wife thinks
> I'm
> > online too much as it is.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Michigan State University is asking for those 50 and older to help with
> >> some research. Copied below is the survey they're providing to attempt
> to
> >> learn more about how older folks use technology and the Internet. I've
> >> completed it myself. It was simple and the questions are of a general
> >> nature. I'm posting it here as we have a pool of older folks, and I was
> >> asked on another venue if I would do so.
> >> --Scott Gomez
> >>
> >>
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> The following is a link
> >> https://qeasttrial.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6hVHWh8VetkWpP7 to an
> >> online voluntary survey being conducted as part of a research project.
> We
> >> are trying to obtain as many responses as possible and I am asking for
> your
> >> help in accomplishing this. If you are interested in responding to this
> >> survey, and you are aged 50 or older, click on the link below. It will
> take
> >> you approximately 15-20 minutes. Your participation is completely
> voluntary
> >> and all of your answers will be kept confidential. I appreciate your
> time.
> >>
> >> Technology & Aging
> >>
> >> Next, I would like you to consider helping us disseminate the survey
> >> through your social networks. If you could do the following, we would
> >> appreciate it:
> >> • Post this on your Facebook wall
> >> • Forward it to members of your social networks via email
> >> • Post to listservs to which you belong
> >> • Tweet it if you use Twitter.
> >>
> >> Thanks so much for your help on our research project! If you have any
> >> questions, concerns, or comments, please contact me (Shelia Cotten) at
> >> cotten@xxxxxxx or 517-353-6336.
> >>
> >> Thank you in advance for your help with this study!
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