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emily91
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early online experiences? Apr 12, 2021 10:58:08 GMT -5

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Post by emily91 on Apr 12, 2021 10:58:08 GMT -5

my first online experience was researching homework on roald dahl and visiting the official charlie and the chocolate factory website. t may have ojnly been research, but was prety facinated by the whole idea of the internet at the time.

my first forum was the cbbc newsround forum, posted their for a few years until I got too old for it lol

and I used to use dialup. very frustrating and slow

kjay Moderator Posts: 24,231	early online experiences? Apr 13, 2021 8:11:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kjay on Apr 13, 2021 8:11:33 GMT -5 Wow, I don't really remember but i would think it was probably for school.
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early online experiences? Apr 13, 2021 17:09:53 GMT -5 kjay likes this

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Post by a_muppet on Apr 13, 2021 17:09:53 GMT -5

My first was downloading music from Napster. That was why I joined the internet. Then I discovered I could chat to people around the world on Napster.

But Audio Galaxy was what took off for me. I was ble to join up with groups of like minded people.

So many happy memories of Audio Galaxy.

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heatherly Administrator Maintain low tones! Posts: 16,394	early online experiences? Apr 14, 2021 13:07:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heatherly on Apr 14, 2021 13:07:10 GMT -5 Hm, online. Well, some of my early experiences online were for project research, AOL chatrooms, and playing StarCraft with others.

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early online experiences? Apr 20, 2021 18:02:25 GMT -5 a_muppet likes this

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Post by Rebecca Jo on Apr 20, 2021 18:02:25 GMT -5

At school in computer science class, we were allowed to check out a bulletin board - before websites with graphics came along! That was cool.

At my dad's shop, I remember dial-up sounds, and my dad getting online because of the business. Netscape Navigator was our first browser experience...

And when I went to community college and built my first website? It was all about the Titanic because the James Cameron movie was new.

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early online experiences? Apr 21, 2021 2:43:35 GMT -5 a_muppet likes this

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Post by jen on Apr 21, 2021 2:43:35 GMT -5

I think online with me was very gradual. I remember dial up, and the rush to get online to free dial up's as normal connection was expensive (who remembers Freeserve?). I think the first serious time was at work though as we were in liaison with a section of IBM at the time and they ran a special bulletin board. We were intending patient access but it was perhaps too early (pre internet)and it never took off. Mainly due to limited resources though.

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early online experiences? Apr 21, 2021 3:19:37 GMT -5

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Post by Popcorn&Candy on Apr 21, 2021 3:19:37 GMT -5

My first online experience was downloading music from a website onto CDs. I also loved Handbag.com back in the day. It is such a shame the site closed down.

I also remember those old dial up wires. They were a pain.

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early online experiences? Apr 21, 2021 3:56:33 GMT -5 heatherly, kjay, and 1 more like this

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Post by a_muppet on Apr 21, 2021 3:56:33 GMT -5

Early internet was great, as we all found it at the same time, and everybody was so thrilled at it.

We were like a bunch of nursery school kids, all running around having fun inter-reacting.

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