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17 April 2012

What Google would have looked like in the 1980s.

post by: Melismata at: 12:21 | 9 comments

Not in my 1980s! I don't think I had a color monitor until the 90s. It would have been green or amber.

posted by amro 17 April | 12:43

I had a color monitor (a TV) but my computer was a hot-rodded RS Color Computer with only 40 characters per line, accessing Prodigy and local BBS's that supported FidoNET.

posted by Ardiril 17 April | 13:21

I missed out on the whole BBS world, didn't get online until '95 when I re-started my college career at Pitt and was able to use kermit and lynx to browse the web. (and Pine to send email).

posted by octothorpe 17 April | 13:44

I still use pine for one of my old email shell accounts. Love it.

posted by Melismata 17 April | 14:33

So cool.

posted by JanetLand 17 April | 15:25

LOVE.

posted by BoringPostcards 17 April | 16:42

Nicely done!

posted by deborah 17 April | 19:44

Was going to say what amro said. Never saw color in the 80s and even the telnetting capability and a modem that fast would've been pretty advanced. In fact, when I discovered the Internet in 1992 it was not looking this cool at my college campus - had to use green Unix terminals.

Brought back memories, though.

posted by Miko 18 April | 00:47

I think the point is that IF Google had been around in the 80s, you WOULD have seen the color, regardless of your terminal. Because, you know, Google IS color. Magic, and all that.

posted by JanetLand 18 April | 05:44

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