Personal computer science has change a lot in the last 30 years , as this episode segment from 80s tech show Database will no doubt prove . For model , what the heck is the Micronet ?
Micronet was an former Information Provider available through the Prestel serving in the United Kingdom during the 70 and 80s . URLs had n’t been dreamed up yet , so every page on the divine service was numbered . Numbered ! That must have been a nightmare .
Some part of it were way ahead of their time , like online biz and a renown Old World chat feature whose closest modern analog is probably the Reddit AMA . Think of Micronet as a precursor to AOL . And just like how exciting AOL was in the early 90s , these technical school reporter seem really ballyhoo about Micronet and the impending hypothesis of a rival service from Commodore . They also love saying “ modem ” in the most British mode potential . Moudehm . Moouuuwdehhmm . I feel advanced just publish it .
For a material taste of what citizenry used to put up with just to post content to each other , hold out the audio “ software program transmission ” that plays over the end credits . It ’s somehow so much worse than the dial - up internet noise .
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