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Tinkering stage

Experiments by people looking to explore what the internet is capable of:

  • Most people began to own personal computers
  • Intel releases the 8080 microprocessor in 1974, people began tinkering
  • Homebrew computer club
  • In 1976, Woxniak and jobs began selling a board so people could begin building from it
  • Apple designed the Apple II in 1977, marketing push towards schools
  • Vic 20 and the Commodore 64, Commodore 64 became one of the best-selling devices of all time
  • Phreaks
  • Laws against wire fraud or mail fraud
  • Bulletin board system, leave messages, upload/download files, BBS
  • Stacy Horn, The Echo
  • BITNET, BBS boards, as they relate to Canada
  • Each BBS had their own norms and expectations, like a discord server
  • People begin learning how to be online
  • 1984 Apple's Macintosh came out and had a graphical user interface
  • Jerry Lawson created the cartridge for games