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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so youve just bought your first personal computer, youve brought it home from the store, youre unpacking it, and then comes the moment of truth. if youve just bought your first personal computer, this show is for you. >> computers were in 1990 a disconnected device. it was a brick, right? that sat in your house and let you do amazing things that youd never been able to do before, but it was essentially a productivity tool. >> now that we have all these very po...

So theres no real regulation per se. you use your phone line and your computer, and you get online. >> compuserve was for the tech savvy people. prodigy was for shopping, and aol was the first one that had a vision to get everyone connected. [ computer handshake ] >> when i heard that sound, i cried a little bit because i knew there was a big adventure waiting for me. >> welcome. youve got mail. >> compuserve charged by the minute. it was like a taxicab. aols invention was to forget that and cha...

The first day back. >> how does it feel? >> what do president clinton, conservative radio personality rush limbaugh, and rock star billy idol have in common? theyve all got electronic mail addresses on computer systems linked to the internet. >> who are these other people that are on it? >> other people just like you. >> how did they get on it? who regulates this internet, and who decides who gets on this highway and who doesnt? >> the services were talking about today are commercial services. s...

Vision to get everyone connected. [ computer handshake ] >> when i heard that sound, i cried a little bit because i knew there was a big adventure waiting for me. >> welcome. youve got mail. >> compuserve charged by the minute. it was like a taxicab. aols invention was to forget that and charge $19.95 a month, all you can eat. and that changed everything because now you could afford to be on the internet all you wanted. >> you didnt have to be a researcher. you could dial on to aol. aol was spec...

Talking about today are commercial services. you spend money to get on there. theres no real regulation per se. you use your phone line and your computer and you get online. >> compuserve was for the tech-savvy people. prodigy was for shopping and aol was the first one that had a vision to get everyone connected. [ computer handshake ] >> when i heard that sound, i cried a little bit because i knew there was a big adventure waiting for me. >> welcome. youve got mail. >> compuserve charged by the...

Computer and you get online. >> and compuserve was for the tech savvy people. prodigy was for shopping and aol was the first one that had a vision to get everyone connected. [ computer handshake ] >> when i heard that sound, i cried a little bit because i knew there was a big adventure waiting for me. >> welcome. youve got mail. >> compuserve charged by the minute. it was like a taxicab. aols invention was to forget that and charge $19.95 a month, all you can eat. and that changed everything bec...

Se. you use your phone line and your computer and you get online. >> and compuserve was for the tech savvy people. prodigy was for shopping and aol was the first one that had a vision to get everyone connected. [ computer handshake ] >> when i heard that sound, i cried a little bit because i knew there was a big adventure waiting for me. >> welcome. youve got mail. >> compuserve charged by the minute. it was like a taxicab. aols invention was to forget that and charge $19.95 a month, all you can...

Online. >> and compuserve was for the tech savvy people. prodigy was for shopping and aol was the first one that had a vision to get everyone connected. [ computer handshake ] >> when i heard that sound, i cried a little bit because i knew there was a big adventure waiting for me. >> welcome. youve got mail. >> compuserve charged by the minute. it was like a taxicab. aols invention was to forget that and charge $19.95 a month, all you can eat. and that changed everything because now you could af...

Se. you use your phone line and computer and you get online. >> and compuserve was for the tech savvy people. prodigy was for shopping and aol was the first one that had a vision to get everyone connected. [ computer handshake ] >> when i heard that sound, i cried a little bit because i knew there was a big adventure waiting for me. >> welcome. youve got mail. >> compuserve charged by the minute. it was like a taxicab. aols invention was to forget that and charge $19.95 all you can eat. and that...

>> what about the new ping where after the last full ping there was a partial ping or partial handshake. there was a little bit more information. what do you make of the latest half ping? >> every hour when the ground station is getting no data from the plane it sends out a ping saying are you there and the plane sends back a signal saying we are still logged on to the network. there is no data going back and forth. there is just the ping. we are here. 8:11 a.m. malaysian time was the last full ...