Pre-WWW Online Newspapers
The news segment below is a neat find. Considering that I would have been 9 or 10 years old at the time, it wouldn't have meant much to me had I seen it then. I do remember those modems. They were showing up on TV and in the movies all the time (WarGames being the most memorable). My favorite part of this little clip, though, has nothing to do with the newspapers or the modems. Labeling someone home computer owner today would be equivalent to labeling them water drinker, or oxygen breather (less-fortunate countries aside). Considering that my parents couldn't (or wouldn't) justify the expense of a home computer at the time, and that I didn't know many people who actually did own one, I certainly recall how rare they were back then.
Wow, that was intriguing.
I think about all the people in the newspaper industry who are losing their jobs, all the layoffs recently and impending.
It’s eery to see that accurately foretell what is happening now: the on-line versions are out-competing the print versions and papers are in trouble.
Thanks for sharing this.