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Re: GMail, circa 1983 (VERY funny!)



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!