1981 Primitive Internet Report on KRON

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Long before anyone had heard of the Internet, early home computer users could read their morning newspapers online ... sort of. Steve Newman's 1981 story was broadcast on KRON San Francisco.

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1981 Primitive Internet Report on KRON

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this will be ...
this will be awesome once we can do this.

it wont be good for paperboys (or girls) though
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LOL your on yelp ...
LOL your on yelp arnt you!
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I don't think ...
I don't think anybody would read the newspaper on this new fangled Internet, do you? :)
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It's just a bunch ...
It's just a bunch of tubes!
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LIES ITS ALL LIES ...
LIES ITS ALL LIES

i remember back in 1989 i would call from philly to chicago to get free dialup to the interweb. It was like 13 cents a minute long distance but it wasnt a bbs it was THE INTERWEB WEEEeEeeEeeEEee hehe
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This will never ...
This will never catch on.
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holy S**t ! ur that ...
holy S**t ! ur that man? hahaha, so what do u do then?
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no i'm not:(
no i'm not:(
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This could have ...
This could have been made into another episode of "Look Around You."
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This internet thing ...
This internet thing is going nowhere.
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