Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:04:01 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: 30 Years Of Netscape Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.firefox,comp.misc References: <-jGdnd6HcuyGvLH6nZ2dnZfqnPQAAAAA@earthlink.com> User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.10.7-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:04:01 +0000 Lines: 28 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-zdEaEIllRFGP1XDgjEzMj3NdxIzwzqCI/TqmDp+clnd2h/IQbj2xmbJ/eJe0yWkSVGNkABudgUPAvmc!X+Gn0VGr9FLQyp1CldRvS0v2T+C5i3VBuXrB8cOwhcQTMqLsKyfJD/bKv5WTVyr7jWB919Mf0BAY!cl4m1u8K28tDNxFYDjzYusj8QZritRXQ X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2750 In alt.comp.software.firefox The Real Bev wrote: > On 11/6/24 6:08 PM, Ant wrote: > > In alt.comp.software.firefox Rich wrote: > >> In comp.misc The Real Bev wrote: > >> > Heh. I am one of those old people and I started using Netscape .9 > >> > for linux. I even used Mosaic a few times! > > > >> I used Mosaic quite a lot in the very early days. Of course it was > >> being used on an X terminal (yes, real X terminal) connected to a Sun > >> Sparc Station 20 in another building at work. > Maybe 1993. Some people wanted to develop a website for the company I > worked for, and I was asked to evaluate their presentation. They > brought their apple computer into the conference room and ran a demo. > Lovely. I asked for a separate phone line and installed Mosaic so I > could test it out in real time on real equipment. Abysmal failure. > Took forever to load and the graphics were sadly lacking on ordinary > monitors. Life used to be SOOOO much easier! Good old dialup! Got to compress, etc. -- "For the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face." --Psalm 11:7. Achy & itchy, including 3 bug bites above the crotch, on a windy busy humpy post-election day. :( Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )