On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:09:55PM +0000, Nicholas Clark wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 05:00:10PM +0000, Rob Partington wrote: > >> > When did checking facts become unfashionable? :( > >> > >> When AOL starting providing Usenet access? > > > > AOL just started the perpetual September. There was plenty of > > cluelessness on Usenet before AOL. > > Nope, September was already up and running by the time AOL came > along. I can't now remember who the original offenders were; Delphi is > springing to mind.
I always thought of it as when netcom started allowing internet (or possibly just usenet) access, not sure if delphi were before or after that, but I'm fairly certain netcoms arrival predated aols. the hatter
