SaustrupI miss the #internet of the early #90s; the highlight probably being #IRC - #Internet Relay #Chat. The internet hadn't really made it into the average Danish home at this point, so getting access meant you'd have to be a student loitering at school or someone working at a large computer company or telco. Although I've been chatting with these people for ages - some for decades - there are still some I haven't met face to face yet. Once in a rare while it happens, but mostly unexpected as I don't visit IRC that often any more. One turned out to be a coworker. Another turned out to be my department head. Weird how that goes.
Here's thing I found on the 'Tubes that describes the whole thing:
Carsten