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Old tech that shouldn't have gone away?
What shouldn't have died or be a shell of it's hayday?

AIM/AOL ? WebTV/MSNTV ? IRC? phpBB ? newsgroups ? other ?
Last edited by Weehawky Ariel Multiuse Powder; Dec 2, 2024 @ 3:10pm
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Charcoal and honey toothpaste

Victorian thing
Prinny Dec 2, 2024 @ 3:12pm 
Dedicated multiplayer servers.
Vox Dec 2, 2024 @ 3:13pm 
Msn messenger
bisder Dec 2, 2024 @ 3:14pm 
payphones and cool edit
Originally posted by TGC> The Games Collector:
LAN

Everyone still uses wired.
polaris Dec 2, 2024 @ 3:15pm 
my wife and i met on aol chatroom. we were both trying to find google dot net and we ended up finding each other. just goes to show.
Top Cat Dec 2, 2024 @ 3:17pm 
Freck Tech I wish digital had never happened.

Wrights Coal Tar Soap
Last edited by Top Cat; Dec 2, 2024 @ 3:19pm
Originally posted by WeeHawky - Merry CHRISTmas:
Originally posted by TGC> The Games Collector:
LAN

Everyone still uses wired.
Except people making new software it seems. Way too much stuff needs to go through a crappy server on the internet somewhere first.
It's a miracle you can still directly copy files to another PC with Windows and don't have to go through Onedrive first.
Last edited by TGC> The Games Collector; Dec 2, 2024 @ 3:25pm
Originally posted by ᵑᵒᶡɧіռɠ:
payphones and cool edit

Back in the 90s we had a pay phone at a buy one, get 2 free pizza place. It was pretty good for what it was. I think 1 topping was $9.99. 3 pizzas for $10.
Christian Dec 2, 2024 @ 3:20pm 
Shareware
Originally posted by MD:
Shareware

"Try my product for 15/30 days" (aka: delete the reg key)
Top Cat Dec 2, 2024 @ 3:22pm 
Originally posted by MD:
Shareware

Yeah that's now changed to 'download anything you want for free' ware ;-)
Removable replaceable batteries esp laptop
Lime Dec 2, 2024 @ 3:25pm 
the printing press
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Date Posted: Dec 2, 2024 @ 3:10pm
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