Interwhat? - Life Online

Interwhat? saves the Soviet Union

Sue — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:03:32 +0000

When an attempted coup takes place, the internet comes to the rescue.

You need a computer and a phone to interwhat?

Sue — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:55:17 +0000

People on the internet of the future are polite. And it involves a lot of phones. 1993

Interwhat? TV?

Sue — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:40:17 +0000

Things are getting crazy. TV is now on the interwhat? On a 28.8 modem. 1996

Interwhat? radio?

Sue — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:37:19 +0000

It’s called “netradio”. It’s live radio broadcast over the internet. Streaming is the ability to send live audio down phone lines into computer. It’s called real time audio. The hardware can handle about 80,000 – 90,000 people at one time. The web alone has over 110,000 sites! 1995

There was even a time when AOL had too many users

Sue — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:32:09 +0000

AOL customers were very annoyed that they couldn’t get online and get this – the town of Barrington is now online! Now that’s news! 1997

I’m not convinced that I need the interwhat?

Sue — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:26:16 +0000

Once upon a time, everyone was on AOL. It was the people friendly, mainstream internet. Even Steve Case’s mother loves it. But we’re not sure it will ever be a mass medium like television.

A great possibility of this new medium is that we could create content that will reach specific interest groups. Whereas TV can only run one program at a time, in the interactive world the decision of what to air or watch is up to the consumer.

This new medium will not replace television, newspapers or magazines.

Birth of the internet around the world

Sue — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:32:09 +0000

There are several thousand users and over 700,000 pages of information. Images are stored on floppy discs so you can see pictures of who you are talking to on the teleport!

If you type a message on the screen, you can send it anywhere in the world in a matter of seconds. Even the secretary general of the United Nations uses it. 1987.

Computer virus brought nerds to a standstill

Sue — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:25:52 +0000

It came from California, maybe. Possibly 6,000 computers were affected. It started on a floppy disc and spread by telephone.

Keep an eye out for the keen graphics representing the virus. News report 1988.

Compuserve will help you get more out of life

Sue — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:20:16 +0000

Compuserve will help you get more out of your computer and more out of your life. The information service you won’t outgrow.

Compuserve is an information service you won’t outgrow

Sue — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:14:56 +0000

Compuserve is just like the outdoors – the more you see, the more you like.

Compuserve. The information service you won’t outgrow.

Compuserve will be meeting your needs for many, many years to come.