Vintage Q-Link (AOL) Promotion Video (1986)

A now comical look at the online future. Made for AOL's predecessor, Quantum Link, including Lucas Films Habitat. I got it when I worked for Wunderman, QLink/AOL's first ad agency and I just found it in that box of stuff you move from office to office. In 1987 I became a minor celebrity in virtual world Club Caribe when my Comodore 64 crashed and my avatar stayed in the same place on the island for weeks until I returned - then the entire game crashed.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Q-Link
• America
• Online
• AOL
• lucas
• films
• habitat
• wunderman
• advertising
• promotion
• funny

[ddog92841]

I don't see this as comical but as cutting edge for its time

[harleykman]

@TerrorBlack Yes you could send "tweets" into the message boards for all your friends to see, and yes you could watch videos, but not at the same time (the 1k connection was too slow)

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[BrianPex]

@gjc82071 I loved the local BBS's at the time also!

[BrianPex]

@neilgriswold Yup! LOL! Good to see others that were online then... I was a BETA tester for Rabbit Jacks Casino and could play all day for free.. What a wonderful time.. I was 13.. LOL'

[BrianPex]

@harleykman I remember 300 BAUD MODEM! LOL!

[neilgriswold]

I remember Q-Link. It was great for its time. I used hang in the coffee room every morning. The worst thing about it, 5 cents a minute would add up quickly.

[Draknfyre]

@StylistRhymist

People landed on the moon 40 years ago.

Who the hell are you to say how smart people were then?

[gjc82071]

@poopskinTheLiar I totally understand what you mean. We all have our own nostalgic memories. Mine are from when I was a young kid/teen in the late 1970's-mid 1980's. But getting back to your comment, unless you've actually lived through an era/time, there is absolutely no way you can ever really relate to the nostalgia for that period. Without a reference point, it's little more than a history lesson to you. BTW, really cool/nice comment. It's very thought invoking.

[poopskinTheLiar]

The feeling of finding someone else's nostalgia is quite odd. For me, this is simply a fascinating look back in time at the internet that once was...but for another generation, something that brings fond memories of another time -- memories with personal significance that i'll never know -- to the surface.

The difference a daub of perspective can make is quite odd.

[StylistRhymist]

@67tr876 HUMANS WERE NOT THAT SMART BACK THEN SO THIS IS COMPLETELY FAKE BILL GATES IS WHY IPODS EXIST

[67tr876]

@StylistRhymist No its not dumbass