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Re: GMail, circa 1983 (VERY funny!)
- Subject: Re: GMail, circa 1983 (VERY funny!)
- From: Daniel Miller <NOSPAMdaclmi@sisna.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:25:14 -0400
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.apple2
- References: <cb3kmq$erg$5@chessie.cirr.com>
- Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.sys.atari.8bit:772 comp.sys.apple2:1365
On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 09:17:14 +0000 (UTC), Paul Allen Panks
<panks@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>GMail, circa 1983 (a humorous story)
>
>login: dv16vjax
>password: abc123
Aren't you worried someone will steal your password? ;)
>Thanks for loggin onto GMail! As of 11/03/1983, we are still in Beta
>Testing! But APRANet will soon be upgraded to a 16-bit internet, which
>should happen around the middle of June 1985.
>
>Gmail version 0.010 running on VAX VMS /66
<stuff clipped>
>Coming Soon! Check your GMail on your Atari 2600 VCS! Requires a Star
>Raiders(tm) (Model #: CX2660) Video Game Cartridge and Video Touch Pad
>(Model #: CX21). Check your local Sears for details!
How could this possibly work? Those items didn't have input
connections!