In early 1995 I was 23 and living in a terraced house in Bristol with four friends, about 18 months after leaving university. I’d given up on trying to be an illustrator, had a bit of freelance work making models for Aardman Animations, and would soon be the only one of my friends not to have permanent work. I was increasingly interested in technology and this brand new thing: Internet.
My first months in cyberspace
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adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I remember 1995 well… the year the Internet was sold to entrepreneurs.
I remember dialling in to an internet connected mainframe on a 300 baud modem. Elm for checking email, gopher for gopher sites, ftp for file transfer. IRC and usenet newsgroups.