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Sorry if this video was already discovered: https://youtu.be/1W_yfq1CLwY PlayNet: in 1983 - The Roots of AOL Miles Kurland In 1983 I worked at a tiny startup called PlayNet that was developing a radical concept: a network for personal computers to support gaming and socializing. Before going under, we licensed our technology to a competitor, QuantumLink, who turned it into something called "AOL". So, out of humble beginnings...
Is that project to rebuild QuantumLink still active? Benjamin Krein Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 15, 2024, at 6:30 PM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Sorry if this video was already discovered:
https://youtu.be/1W_yfq1CLwY PlayNet: in 1983 - The Roots of AOL Miles Kurland In 1983 I worked at a tiny startup called PlayNet that was developing a radical concept: a network for personal computers to support gaming and socializing. Before going under, we licensed our technology to a competitor, QuantumLink, who turned it into something called "AOL". So, out of humble beginnings...
https://quantumlink.net/ On 3/15/2024 7:21 PM, Benjamin Krein via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Is that project to rebuild QuantumLink still active?
On Mar 15, 2024, at 6:30 PM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Sorry if this video was already discovered: https://youtu.be/1W_yfq1CLwY PlayNet: in 1983 - The Roots of AOL Miles Kurland In 1983 I worked at a tiny startup called PlayNet that was developing a radical concept: a network for personal computers to support gaming and socializing. Before going under, we licensed our technology to a competitor, QuantumLink, who turned it into something called "AOL". So, out of humble beginnings...
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