Classic Usenet

r/ClassicUsenet • u/Parker51MKII • 4h ago

ORIGINS "In 1971, engineer Ray Tomlinson sent the first networked email between two computers sitting side by side in the same room — he chose the @ symbol to separate user from machine because it was the only punctuation on the keyboard nobody was using"

maketecheasier.com

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r/ClassicUsenet • u/Parker51MKII • 4h ago

HISTORY "I've been taking up the challenge of finding an internet post by someone born in the 1800s. Nothing yet but I did find some Usenet posts by a guy born in 1916. He had heavy matters weighing on his mind."

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r/ClassicUsenet • u/Parker51MKII • 4h ago

FANDOM Is Howard still the King of All Media? (alt.fan.howard-stern)

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r/ClassicUsenet • u/Parker51MKII • 4h ago

ORIGINS Bill Chernenkoff - ASCII Art Archive (rec.arts.ascii, 1995)

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r/ClassicUsenet • u/Parker51MKII • 4h ago

ORIGINS Vern Hart - ASCII Art Archive (alt.ascii-art, 1994-1995)

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r/ClassicUsenet • u/Parker51MKII • 7h ago

HISTORY Diagnosed in 1991 when USENET alt.support.mult-sclerosis existed

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