tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6908170007670879304..comments2024-03-28T03:06:18.182-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Happy birthday to the Internet!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-62112887054500439112009-10-31T14:16:25.135-05:002009-10-31T14:16:25.135-05:00Intersting. Somewhere around 1970 and in the UK I ...Intersting. Somewhere around 1970 and in the UK I worked as a computer techie for the American company NCR. We were installing a new piece of electronic data input equipment that enabled data to go straight onto computer tapes instead of via the IBM punch card. The company that were planning to use the equipment had a head office in Belgium, and the idea was that the data would go via a modem down the phone line direct to Belgium. I believe the system worked, but only if you could persuade the phone operator to leave the plug in at the exchange. We were bedevilled when testing by a voice coming on the line with a "have you finished now luvvy?"<br /><br />Not quite the internet though.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233626566158832734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-78184953644441525852009-10-30T08:55:51.495-05:002009-10-30T08:55:51.495-05:00I didn't see any mention of Al Gore.I didn't see any mention of Al Gore.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10596065269535476259noreply@blogger.com