1981 primitive Internet report on KRON

amadeusyaoi Says:

Oct 27, 2009 - Not to be nitpicky, but this report was from after 1981 (I think) because the Minneapolis Star and Tribune didn't merge until 1982. :)

fatnessinstructor Says:

Oct 27, 2009 - that computers made of wood !!!

daniel1982 Says:

Oct 28, 2009 - Yeah man, i have a message from the future to you. We all print out the pages we visit on the online, and save them for future reference. You were right.

deyoungparker Says:

Oct 29, 2009 - I love that the most cutting edge tech geek in the city in 1981 was some old codger. The next time my mother-in-law complains that she still can't figure out how to open an attachment, I'm gonna show her this vid.

tripperday Says:

Oct 29, 2009 - What's an aston?

iCamiloTV Says:

Oct 29, 2009 - was this possible with an Apple II?

tvgator1 Says:

Oct 30, 2009 - What it means is the death of print journalism....and soon tv news as well.....but hey, that's progress...

CamiloSanchez1979 Says:

Nov 2, 2009 - Well..the "fellow" better starts worrying because...YOUR TIME HAS COME!!

foolsgoldsoma Says:

Nov 2, 2009 - print journalism = history :(

sumerates Says:

Nov 3, 2009 - omg ! i cant imagine sitting home and read newspaper on my pc!! amazing

Lumotaku Says:

Nov 3, 2009 - it takes over 2 hours to recieve a whole copy of the paper? 150 baud?

Coastergeekperson04 Says:

Nov 3, 2009 - Of course, wood. "Plastic wood".

FireOFK Says:

Nov 6, 2009 - WOW!! i didn't realized how far we have come because everyday tech is changing and its hard to see it passing bye so fast. I think we should look at past ones in a while to enjoy the conveniences that we have now

blitzpcs Says:

Nov 7, 2009 - i lol'd

novamist Says:

Nov 8, 2009 - How far we've come in such a short time...

arthursucks Says:

Nov 12, 2009 - And now, Rupert Murdoch wants to destroy Google. That's what we call foreshadowing.

OhGodItsATroll Says:

Nov 13, 2009 - lol it wont be much competition for the 20 cent street edition.. LoL 80's bitch. Free is better :P

afonsoramos Says:

Nov 15, 2009 - You can read the newspaper in your pc?

Dms12444 Says:

Nov 15, 2009 - 1: A TRS 80, amazing how advanced that computer was when it came out, in comparison to people looking at it as an antique today. 2:And that was just 30 years ago, wow and now we have video's and TV online. Just wait another 50 years and who knows what will happen.

ximono Says:

Nov 16, 2009 - Love how the dude at 1:57 tries to read what's on the tiny black and green monitor :D

Zorn27 Says:

Nov 17, 2009 - newspaper on the internet? NO WAI!

vagabond197979 Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - Getting pictures on the internet is close to impossible, let alone comics.

spongecake7 Says:

Nov 22, 2009 - can you image getting all your new from on-line.... but that's still a few years off. lol

fortunecookiesucks Says:

Nov 22, 2009 - 2 hours to download a bit of text? 0_0 Damn we've come a long way...

demonwx10 Says:

Nov 23, 2009 - woa I sure can't wait until this comes out!