On 11/10/2003 14:10, in article vqvolds5bcbda7@corp.supernews.com, "Nev"
<nev@whidbey.com> wrote:

> Sounds funny now, but back then there was no Internet and certainly no
> newsgroups.

Technically both existed, but few people outside of academia knew about
them.  Why do you think Google Group's earliest searchable date is 12 May
1981?

     <http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search>

     <http://jargon.watson-net.com/jargon.asp?w=Internet>

     <http://jargon.watson-net.com/jargon.asp?w=Usenet>

     <http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/>

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Ciao,
     John

John C. Watson
World Otakunization Project, Amherst Division

<http://www.georgedillon.com/web/html_email_is_evil.shtml>