e7 – Early Internet

We remember how we first got on the internet on the Mac in the early 90s (hint: it came on a floppy disk in the mail). Then we recall the rise and fall of eWorld, getting Sherlocked, and other classic Mac OS internet essentials.

Links for this episode:

• Feedback on keyboards
  • @petebocken's wall-mounted keyboard collection
  • The curious case of the disappearing Polish S
  • S-video and ADB are both mini-DIN connectors
  • eMate keyboard
  • AlphaSmart
     
• America Online
  • version timeline
  • our screen names
    • Brian: bdsboska, rasenberry
    • Ed: edcormany, dugtrio100
  • AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
    "omg since 1997"
    • Adium
  • AOL financials
    • Q3 and Q4 2014 – nearly $200M from dialup
  • Aol. rebranding
    • R.I.P. The Unofficial Apple Weblog
    • appleworld.today

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• eWorld
  • interactive re-creation
  • retrospectives: [1] [2] [3]
  • creative team
    • Cleo Huggins
    • Mark Drury
    • Scott Converse

other dialup

• NetZero, Juno, Kmart Blue Light (all now owned by United Online)
• Ed's last time on dialup: 2003 Northeast Blackout

• Sherlock
  • reviews [1] [2]
  • retrospective (with many screenshots)
  • Watson

• other internet apps
  • Mac OS 9 "helper apps"
  • Internet Explorer 5 for Mac
  • Netscape Communicator 4
  • IP NetMonitor
    • Ed's 1 GIG D/L!.mov
  • Outlook Express, later Entourage
  • Eudora
  • Hotline
  • Napster (Macster client) [WayBack Machine]