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How the Internet Used to Be

  • 17-08-2013 02:28AM
    #1
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭


    Geocities everywhere. Geocities and Angelfire. Websites on Justin Timberlake and the Spice Girls. Being excited when you got an email. Rotten.com being a novelty. Trying to look up pictures of your favourite celebrity nude. A/S/L? Counter-Strike. 33k and 56k modems but never actually connecting at that speed. mIRC.

    What are your favourite memories of yesteryore from the Internet?


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  • #2
    EdenHazard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭EdenHazard


    First time being on the internet was going on www.disney.com, me and my mum sat on front of the computer for what seemED like an eternity, watching the disney homepage load up. I think we gave up because it was just too slow, that was around 1998. I think began using the internet in 2002, and while slow was still able to do stuff, getting Broadband was just :O But yeah I'd say not many can remember the first website they ever visited on the world wide web.

    Bearshare, Kazza, Limewire, Spinchat, this is all 2003. Going on to search for pictures of Trish Stratus from Wrestling and freaking out my parents would walk in on me.


  • #3
    Hulk Hands
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,019 ✭✭✭Hulk Hands


    Checking up www.dialatone.ie (i think), spending a fortune and being incredibly excited when the ringtone got sent to your phone


  • #4
    Jen Pigs Fly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭Jen Pigs Fly


    I always wondered ... What exactly was geocites?

    I always remember funny junk and lime wire


  • #5
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    ISDN was the holy grail.

    What happened to Netscape?


  • #6
    pharmaton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭pharmaton


    oceanfree chat :P
    indigo and all the free cd roms that came with everything


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  • #7
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    xxxJennyxxx wrote: »
    I always wondered ... What exactly was geocites?

    I always remember funny junk and lime wire

    Google image search Geocities

    https://www.google.ie/search?q=geocities&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=AdMOUqCUGLOy7AaG8IGYAw&biw=1280&bih=685&sei=CNMOUvK5Bamq7QaMs4GIDg


  • #8
    Rayne Wooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,134 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    Club Penguin was great craic


  • #9
    C.K Dexter Haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,711 ✭✭✭C.K Dexter Haven


    Augmerson wrote: »
    What happened to Netscape?

    She's now working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, going out with a guy who drives a Rover- sad end really. :(


  • #10
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    Xfire and mIRC


  • #11
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    I'm still on mIRC, old skool which is still the network of choice for network savvy types doing "other" type of activity..hehe :P

    Hotornot.com was popular back in the day in the 90's :)


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  • #12
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    gurramok wrote: »
    I'm still on mIRC, old skool which is still the network of choice for network savvy types doing "other" type of activity..hehe :P

    Hotornot.com was popular back in the day in the 90's :)

    Ratemyface.com ha


  • #13
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    The official website for the Space Jam movie is a great novelty throwback :pac:


  • #14
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    Porn used be incredibly hard find.


  • #15
    pandaboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 618 ✭✭✭pandaboy


    Alta Vista websearch!


  • #16
    pharmaton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭pharmaton


    I just remembered I worked for AOL briefly. Jesus I had completely blanked that part of my life


  • #17
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    FearDark wrote: »
    Porn used be incredibly hard find.

    Since when?:confused:

    It was certainly widespread around 1998. Quite a revelation excuse the pun of whats out there ;)


  • #18
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,263 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Augmerson wrote: »
    Rotten.com being a novelty.

    *flash-backs*

    The horror, the horror...


  • #19
    nice_very
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭nice_very


    the longest minute ever, friday night 23:59, to avail of the surf for free weekend :D


  • #20
    pharmaton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭pharmaton


    gurramok wrote: »
    Since when?:confused:

    It was certainly widespread around 1998. Quite a revelation excuse the pun of whats out there ;)
    I was going to say I googled gay porn but I didn't, I'm pretty sure I yahood it

    [lesbians were very different then too)


  • #21
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    Nobody could make any calls when you were on the Internet. Madness.


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  • #22
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    MSN messenger.


  • #23
    whirlpool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭whirlpool


    nice_very wrote: »
    the longest minute ever, friday night 23:59, to avail of the surf for free weekend :D


    17:59, no?


  • #24
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,923 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    nice_very wrote: »
    the longest minute ever, friday night 23:59, to avail of the surf for free weekend :D

    I broke the esat 'terms of fair use' (probably Napster!) an got cut off.

    Only other option was IOL a few months later with the above on the weekend.

    Had my pc to auto dial at 6:00pm friday :D


  • #25
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Oceanfree.net chat rooms


  • #26
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    o1s1n wrote: »
    I broke the esat 'terms of fair use' (probably Napster!) an got cut off.

    Only other option was IOL a few months later with the above on the weekend.

    Had my pc to auto dial at 12 midnight friday :D

    ESAT Nolimits with a limit!

    Yeh Stoneage now. Anyone remember AudioGalaxy? Class for finding rare songs back in the day.


  • #27
    nice_very
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭nice_very


    whirl, we had something like 8pm-8am free mon-fri and the weekend 48hrs free, all for the princely sum of 10 IRP a week.. around 1999/2000ish


  • #28
    whirlpool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭whirlpool


    Napster - downloading a song - 95% complete - Download Failed. :mad:

    Only made worse by being followed by then hearing someone talking on the phone. Usually your sister.


  • #29
    pharmaton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭pharmaton


    widows 3.1/95 :)


  • #30
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    gurramok wrote: »
    Since when?:confused:

    It was certainly widespread around 1998. Quite a revelation excuse the pun of whats out there ;)

    Before 1997 ish everything was a pay site! No porntube then my friend!


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  • #31
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    I paid a fortune to EircoN for ISDN back then, oh so we were so ripped off by a monopoly. And then Ireland Offline was born!


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