Peter wrote:

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> Apparently the first time they used the idea was 1967:
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> http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/carlson/timeline.shtml
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> Peter
>
Enjoyed this link very much. This is the best chronicle pages about the=20
development/progress of Internet I have ever seen.  At least I tend to=20
loose track of when things happened. I remember my first mailsystem =20
(apart from FidoNet anyone remember Frontdoor and the like? ;-) )  I had=20
a Compuserve account and had to call a New York number and download my=20
mail. Fast typing as phone costs was *very* high. Later they got a=20
Stockholm based modem pool and things got better.

/Ake

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