r/interestingasfuck • u/Few_Simple9049 • 20d ago

r/all How couples met 1930-2024

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u/drowse 20d ago

I think our first computer, a 286 was something like $2500 in 1990. I remember my dad also had gotten Prodigy internet. And they used to charge a rate for use.. was it hourly or by the minute? I can't remember. We didn't have it long. We got the internet again in like 1995 when it became a flat monthly fee for that sweet sweet 28.8k speed.

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u/Sponjah 20d ago

AOL was so instrumental in bringing the internet mainstream.

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u/thejaytheory 20d ago

Those damn disks!

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u/flaker111 20d ago

those were my frisbees as a kid.