Well it wasn't til 94 (93?) that the first browsers appeared - I was online via Gopher and Rainbow > Telnet gateways before that in 1993 - we weren't allowed access to anything else at my university til 1995 - no email, browsers, anything. I had to hack my way out, and use borrowed addresses.
But yeah 1995 is when it got attention, although it wasn't til 1996 I had access at home, hence originally saying then.
But 16 years isn't exactly 'fly-by-night' either.
Oh and John was 1983 at Imperial College - which for the UK which was on X-25 was really early, using a TCP/IP EPROM in a BBC Model B and a long wire to one of the mainframes or mini computers (!), he's one of the people that was involved with setting up JANET, the UK academic network.
So I'd say he's truly old skool - but I would say those around pre-Web are 'old skool' and old hands at this.
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Date: 2009-01-08 02:29 am (UTC)But yeah 1995 is when it got attention, although it wasn't til 1996 I had access at home, hence originally saying then.
But 16 years isn't exactly 'fly-by-night' either.
Oh and John was 1983 at Imperial College - which for the UK which was on X-25 was really early, using a TCP/IP EPROM in a BBC Model B and a long wire to one of the mainframes or mini computers (!), he's one of the people that was involved with setting up JANET, the UK academic network.
So I'd say he's truly old skool - but I would say those around pre-Web are 'old skool' and old hands at this.