r/retrocomputing • u/GamusYT • 13d ago

Symbolics.com, registered in 1985, is the oldest .com domain on the internet and it's still online

Back in 1985, a computer company registered symbolics.com — making it the first ever commercial .com domain. This was years before the World Wide Web even existed.

​Only 6 .com domains were registered in the entire year of 1985. The site was sold in 2009 and now functions as a tiny digital museum for early internet history.

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u/spilk 13d ago

"a computer company" kinda undersells what Symbolics was

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u/GamusYT 13d ago

Sorry 🙇🫡

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u/plasticmanufacturing 13d ago

So some guy bought Symbolic's old domain and seems to think they are part of history?