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2003-05-06
Internet History Meme
2003-05-06 08:12 pmor how much of an online old timer I really am... (from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sbisson)
1. When did you first connect ("go online"), and how?
Well, let's see. Must have been 1971 or thereabouts, when the Stanford AI Lab got its ARPANET connection. I'd been using computers since 1963 or so, but they weren't networked.
2. What was your first communications program?
3. When did you first chat over the internet, and how?
I used
4. What chat type program(s) do you use now?
I don't.
5. Who was your first service provider?
I originally signed up with Prodigy, then switched to A2I (rahul.net).
6. Did you ever use AOL?
no
7. Do you admit using AOL in public?
n/a
8. Who is your current ISP?
rahul.net for mail, most DNS, and web hosting. SBC for my DSL line.
9. What was the first computer that you used to access the 'net?
The PDP-10 at SAIL.
10. What computer do you use to access the 'net today?
My machines at home are all networked, so it's whatever machine I'm sitting in front of. Mostly I use the full-time Linux box (500MHz Duron, RHL 7.3) to minimise the probability that someone will want to play Windows games on it. The machines at work are all networked, too, of course; my current desktop is a Dell 2.4GHz P4.
11. What was your first 'net handle?
I started out as SRS at Stanford; by the time I found myself working at a place with internet access I was using
12. Did you use any other handles for any length of time? If so, what were they?
Not really
13. What 'net handle do you normally use now?
my email addresses tend to be
14. Are you active on any websites other than LJ? If you're willing to say, what ones?
I contribute comments occasionally on http://linuxtoday.com/ and of course I have my own sites, notably http://theStarport.com/ and http://PenguinSong.net/ .
sbisson)1. When did you first connect ("go online"), and how?
Well, let's see. Must have been 1971 or thereabouts, when the Stanford AI Lab got its ARPANET connection. I'd been using computers since 1963 or so, but they weren't networked.
2. What was your first communications program?
telnet. That's all there was. Later, mail for email and rn for Usenet.3. When did you first chat over the internet, and how?
I used
talk on PDP-10s and Unix boxen, mostly in the 1970s, but that's local. Apart from a few sessions with IRC a couple of years ago I haven't used any realtime chat on the internet.4. What chat type program(s) do you use now?
I don't.
5. Who was your first service provider?
I originally signed up with Prodigy, then switched to A2I (rahul.net).
6. Did you ever use AOL?
no
7. Do you admit using AOL in public?
n/a
8. Who is your current ISP?
rahul.net for mail, most DNS, and web hosting. SBC for my DSL line.
9. What was the first computer that you used to access the 'net?
The PDP-10 at SAIL.
10. What computer do you use to access the 'net today?
My machines at home are all networked, so it's whatever machine I'm sitting in front of. Mostly I use the full-time Linux box (500MHz Duron, RHL 7.3) to minimise the probability that someone will want to play Windows games on it. The machines at work are all networked, too, of course; my current desktop is a Dell 2.4GHz P4.
11. What was your first 'net handle?
I started out as SRS at Stanford; by the time I found myself working at a place with internet access I was using
steve as a username. I used to use "the Mandelbear" as a non-de-plume on alt.callahans12. Did you use any other handles for any length of time? If so, what were they?
Not really
13. What 'net handle do you normally use now?
my email addresses tend to be
steve on systems with a small number of users, and ssavitzky on large public servers I don't care about. mdlbear on LJ, 14. Are you active on any websites other than LJ? If you're willing to say, what ones?
I contribute comments occasionally on http://linuxtoday.com/ and of course I have my own sites, notably http://theStarport.com/ and http://PenguinSong.net/ .
