This, i would have read 100's more books by now if the internet didn't exsist
Your first connection and memories of the internet.
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This, i would have read 100's more books by now if the internet didn't exsist
God, this was around 1998-1999 so making me 7 or 8. The school I attended donated a computer, like a few other families due to low income and a family friend came around and sorted the dial up. This was on NTL.
My first experience of the internet was going to a children's chatroom, where I was trying to get a girls attention but she did not respond. Not to mention that annoying adware purple gorilla.
My first experience of the internet was going to a children's chatroom, where I was trying to get a girls attention but she did not respond. Not to mention that annoying adware purple gorilla.
1997 I went round my mates house and he had CompuServe. We spent many an hour downloading pictures to put on floppy disks for me to take home.
We finally got our own internet in late 1998. We could,only use it after 6 and my mum decided for no more than 2 hours so that she could still get phone calls (even though she rarely did).
My dad decided that meant regardless of who needed to use the internet we had to take it in turns (I.e. Sister got Monday, I got Tuesday etc). This led to situations where I had homework to do and my sister would just sit at the computer doing nothing because it was her turn. She also installed all those programmes that shows adverts on a quarter of the screen and paid 50p an hour to have them there and would get angry if I turned them off on my days since she thought she deserved the money. She would also sneak in and turn on Napster when you were in the toilet so you came back and the net was so slow you gave up. Took a while for me to realize what she was doing.
My mum read the daily mail therefore the only thing she knew about the internet was that you couldn't click anywhere without seeing a naked celebrity. As a result she made our dad look through the browsing history and check every line and question us. This was embarrassing because he was the only one who hadn't figured out how to clear the history so it was frequently him asking us about porn sites he had visited. He stopped doing this exercise after a few really embarrassing sessions.
The worst thing was coming to use our only computer and finding my mum sat at it playing solitaire. She could play that game quite literally for an entire day. I remember showing her my school homework diary and I needed to use the computer and she would just keep playing solitaire. Once the we got the internet her new favorite punishment was banning us from it so she could play solitaire all night. I would retaliate by flicking the switch in the fuse box so fast that it looked like the PC had just reset itself until she got off and asked me to fix it.
Eventually my dad put in a home network so we could all share the wonder of 56k (3 pcs on using it at the same time. Was slow). For some reason my dad decided that one of the networked pcs should be in my bedroom which surprisingly my mum agreed to. She was still mindful of the daily mail so I wasn't allowed to use the computer with the door closed. This was not a problem since my room was top floor of a town house, the other rooms being unoccupied during the day so I always had notice before people came upstairs.
We got adsl as soon as it was released, I expect to allow my dad to watch his porn without excessive buffering...
We finally got our own internet in late 1998. We could,only use it after 6 and my mum decided for no more than 2 hours so that she could still get phone calls (even though she rarely did).
My dad decided that meant regardless of who needed to use the internet we had to take it in turns (I.e. Sister got Monday, I got Tuesday etc). This led to situations where I had homework to do and my sister would just sit at the computer doing nothing because it was her turn. She also installed all those programmes that shows adverts on a quarter of the screen and paid 50p an hour to have them there and would get angry if I turned them off on my days since she thought she deserved the money. She would also sneak in and turn on Napster when you were in the toilet so you came back and the net was so slow you gave up. Took a while for me to realize what she was doing.
My mum read the daily mail therefore the only thing she knew about the internet was that you couldn't click anywhere without seeing a naked celebrity. As a result she made our dad look through the browsing history and check every line and question us. This was embarrassing because he was the only one who hadn't figured out how to clear the history so it was frequently him asking us about porn sites he had visited. He stopped doing this exercise after a few really embarrassing sessions.
The worst thing was coming to use our only computer and finding my mum sat at it playing solitaire. She could play that game quite literally for an entire day. I remember showing her my school homework diary and I needed to use the computer and she would just keep playing solitaire. Once the we got the internet her new favorite punishment was banning us from it so she could play solitaire all night. I would retaliate by flicking the switch in the fuse box so fast that it looked like the PC had just reset itself until she got off and asked me to fix it.
Eventually my dad put in a home network so we could all share the wonder of 56k (3 pcs on using it at the same time. Was slow). For some reason my dad decided that one of the networked pcs should be in my bedroom which surprisingly my mum agreed to. She was still mindful of the daily mail so I wasn't allowed to use the computer with the door closed. This was not a problem since my room was top floor of a town house, the other rooms being unoccupied during the day so I always had notice before people came upstairs.
We got adsl as soon as it was released, I expect to allow my dad to watch his porn without excessive buffering...
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compuserver i believe on a 28.8k modem. Chat rooms...wasted time
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All I remember is the sound of dial up internet and waiting all day to download 1 song.
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This post just seems to drip with a kind of underlying bitterness (contempt?) towards your parents.
Or maybe I am reading it wrong?
But still.......tinterwebz was fun back then.
I wonder if a lot of men have developed issues with being premature since high speed tinterwebz became common?
Back in the 56k days, people had to wait so long just for a picture to load. They had to take their time (or fall asleep!). These days people can fap like a mentalist on speed! lol
Probably not my very first internet experience but I specifically remember:
Texting friends to coordinate connecting and signing into MSN for chats
Reconnecting every 2 hours
The amazement when I found out our new house had a higher dialup bitrate (probably first thing i checked when moving in)
Connecting to a Counter-Strike 1.5 server, going to make a drink whilst I am waiting, coming back to connection failure because it changed map during connection
Creating multiple fake petitions on the BT site so they upgrade my rural exchange for ADSL earlier
Texting friends to coordinate connecting and signing into MSN for chats
Reconnecting every 2 hours
The amazement when I found out our new house had a higher dialup bitrate (probably first thing i checked when moving in)
Connecting to a Counter-Strike 1.5 server, going to make a drink whilst I am waiting, coming back to connection failure because it changed map during connection
Creating multiple fake petitions on the BT site so they upgrade my rural exchange for ADSL earlier
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AOL chatrooms, kazzaa and imesh.
Biggest memory for me online was going round a mates who had Solider of Fortune 2 on 56k or 128k playing online. I was hooked!
Biggest memory for me online was going round a mates who had Solider of Fortune 2 on 56k or 128k playing online. I was hooked!
first internet i had was Compunet on the C64
That brings back memories.
Had great fun on Compunet back in the late 80's with the super fast 1200/75 modem.
I loved the demo scene, Paryline (Chat Rooms) & MUD (Multi User Dungeon).
Good times.
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First internet experience was at an internet cafe, trying to download scripts for Red Dwarf (for some reason). £1 a minute. 1994 I'd say.
First foray into internet at home was around 1996 and the world of bulletin boards; racked up £400 just before Christmas one year... that was my Christmas and birthday present from my parents!
Reading through some of these posts brought back some memories - imesh, napster, netscape navigator.... those were the days!
First foray into internet at home was around 1996 and the world of bulletin boards; racked up £400 just before Christmas one year... that was my Christmas and birthday present from my parents!
Reading through some of these posts brought back some memories - imesh, napster, netscape navigator.... those were the days!
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