[LINK] List of 6898 WWW servers as of November 7, 1994

[Fernando Cassia]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote:
> <On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Antony Barry
> <tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au> wrote:
>> This takes me back - <http://mit.edu/~mkgray/project/comprehensive/
>> lycos.html.gz>. A few of them are still going. Anybody on link
>> recognise their early handiwork?
>>
>> Tony
>
> Remember the days when hypertext was thought as a learning tool, so
> everyone did an extra effort of
> linking words to actual word meanings and sites?
>
> For instance, do you remember when in Web articles one would say
>
> "It allows for the use of networked laser printers like the popular <A
> HREF="http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=120&prodSeriesId=84028&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=84028&objectID=bpl12260">HP
> Laserjet</A>, shared on a <A
> HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_network">Home Network</A>
> using the <A HREF="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBIOS">Netbios</A>
> protcol
>
> Of course, it was also abused at the time (like the infamous <BLINK>
> tag, but nowadays such informative linking is mostly gone, you can
> read articles that are several "web" pages long and there's not a
> single link in sight.

Sorry I forgot the punch line...

...please give me back my Netscape Navigator 3.0

(insert violin music)
;-)

FC