[vcf-midatlantic] online before the Internet

Jeffrey Jonas jeffrey.scott.jonas at gmail.com
Fri Mar 15 22:29:40 UTC 2024


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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