Show notes
We remember how we first got on the internet on the Mac in the early 90s (hint: it came on a floppy disk in the mail). Then we recall the rise and fall of eWorld, getting Sherlocked, and other classic Mac OS internet essentials.
Links for this episode:
- Feedback on keyboards
- @petebocken's wall-mounted keyboard collection
- The curious case of the disappearing Polish S
- S-video and ADB are both mini-DIN connectors
- eMate keyboard
- AlphaSmart
- America Online
- version timeline
- our screen names
- Brian: bdsboska, rasenberry
- Ed: edcormany, dugtrio100
- AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
"omg since 1997" - AOL financials
- Q3 and Q4 2014 – nearly $200M from dialup
- Aol. rebranding
Non-sponsor: Street Atlas USA 3.0 2-pack
(Try Google Maps! It's 10 years old now!)
- eWorld
- interactive re-creation
- retrospectives: [1] [2] [3]
- creative team
other dialup
- NetZero, Juno, Kmart Blue Light (all now owned by United Online)
- Ed's last time on dialup: 2003 Northeast Blackout
- Sherlock
- reviews [1] [2]
- retrospective (with many screenshots)
- Watson
