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♪ ♪ ♪ the average family home. cory practices her violin. christian plays with his cars. and mike and carol worry over the bills. >> we went into the 1980s in pretty much the same technology thats been in place for a couple of decades. typewriter. calculators, tv, oven. a car. you listen to music on a big old stereo system with a turntable. maybe you had a digital watch, and that was the only thing that was going to be digital that you actually owned. >> hello? im not here now,...

♪ ♪ the average family home, cory practices her violin, christian plays with his cars and mike and carol worry over the bills. >> we went in with pretty much the same technology thats been in place for a couple of decades. typewriter. calculators. tv. oven. a car. you listen to music on a big old stereo system with a turntable. maybe you had a digital watch and that was the only thing that was going to be digital that you actually owned. >> hello? im not here now but my faithful ...

Meaningful? >> their social banter. its an area for people to just meet friends and talk about whatever their interest sarr. >> what about people falling in love and getting married? >> my very first time, i remember the modem dialing, and a chat room with 12 other people typing in real time from wherever they had to be, it blew me away. >> its tremendous demand. if you look at the online services, bulletin board, there is liberty literally a hyper culture developing. >> it multiplies the power ...

Be broadcast to everybody in that room. >> does anybody say anything meaningful or useful in these things? >> its a lot of social banter. it really is an area forepeople can meet friends and talk about -- >> well worry about people falling in love and getting married online. >> exactly. >> i remember the very first time, eeee! you know, the modem dialing. heres a chat room with 12 other people typing in real time from wherever they happened to be. blew me away. >> there is tremendous demand. if ...

I went online. as slow as it was, there was no internet. it was like the first time i had scuba dived. it was like, oh, my god. there is this whole world out there. >> we can type a message like hi. it comes down at the bottom and simply press return and it will be broadcast to everybody in the room. >> does anybody say anything meaningful or useful. >> it is social banter. it is really is an anrea for people to meet friends and talk. >> people falling and love and getting married on line. >> ex...

Meaningful or useful in these -- >> theres a lot of just social banter. it develop an area for people to meet friends and talk about what their interests are. >> how about people falling in love and getting married online? >> exactly. >> i remember the first time, you know, the the modem dialing. heres a chat room with 12 other people typing in real time from wherever they happened to be. blew me away. >> there is tremendous demand. if you look at all the on line services, bulletin board, user g...

>> does anybody say anything meaningful or useful in these things? >> there is a lot of social banter. it is an area for people to meet friends. >> people falling and love and getting married on line. >> exactly. >> i remember the first time, you know, the the modem dialing. heres a chat room with 12 other people typing in real time from wherever they happened to be. blew me away. >> there is tremendous demand. if you look at all the online services, bulletin board, user groups, various things, ...

Getting married on line. >> exactly. >> i remember the first time, you know, the the modem dialing. heres a chat room with 12 other people typing in real time from wherever they happened to be. blew me away. >> there is tremendous demand. if you look at all the on line services, bulletin board, user groups, various thing, there is literally a hyper culture developing, almost a cult. >> those early information services greatly multiplied the power of what a personal computer was. >> since they jo...

>> it is social banter. it is an area for social banter. >> people falling and love and getting married on line. >> exactly. >> i remember the first time, you know, the the modem dialing. heres a chat room with 12 other people typing in real time from wherever they happened to be. blew me away. >> there is tremendous demand. if you look at all the on line services, bulletin board, user groups, various thing, there is literally a hyper culture developing, almost a cult. >> those early information...

Things? >> theres a lot of just very social banter. it really is an area for people to just meet friends and talk about whatever their interests are. some of which are -- >> how about people falling and love and getting married online? >> absolutely. >> i remember my very first time, eee-ee, you know, the modem dialing. heres a chat room with 12 other people typing in real time from wherever they happened to be. blew me away. >> there is tremendous demand. if you look at all the online services,...