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1981 primitive Internet report on KRON

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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omarfrancis (31 minutes ago) Show Hide
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Rupert Murdoch would have been spitting blood had he seen this broadcast at the time.
demonwx10 (3 days ago) Show Hide
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woa I sure can't wait until this comes out!
fortunecookiesucks (3 days ago) Show Hide
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2 hours to download a bit of text? 0_0

Damn we've come a long way...
spongecake7 (3 days ago) Show Hide
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can you image getting all your new from on-line.... but that's still a few years off. lol
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Getting pictures on the internet is close to impossible, let alone comics.
Zorn27 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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newspaper on the internet? NO WAI!
ximono (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Love how the dude at 1:57 tries to read what's on the tiny black and green monitor :D
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1: A TRS 80, amazing how advanced that computer was when it came out, in comparison to people looking at it as an antique today.

2:And that was just 30 years ago, wow and now we have video's and TV online. Just wait another 50 years and who knows what will happen.
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You can read the newspaper in your pc?
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