The first website went online 25 years ago today

[GURPS]

The first website went online 25 years ago today
Tim Berners-Lee's first World Wide Web page flickered to life at CERN on December 20th, 1990.


http://www.engadget.com/2015/12/20/first-website-is-25-years-old/

 

[vraiblonde]

And five years later, Southern Maryland Online was born!

 

[stgislander]

The first website went online 25 years ago today
Tim Berners-Lee's first World Wide Web page flickered to life at CERN on December 20th, 1990.


http://www.engadget.com/2015/12/20/first-website-is-25-years-old/

CERN... aren't they behind that evil New World Order or One World Government? I'm sure I read that somewhere here on the Forums.

 

[LibertyBeacon]

And five years later, Southern Maryland Online was born!

That's pretty cool. Do you have any archival copies of code or screenshots from over the years to show the changes to the site over time?

 

[vraiblonde]

That's pretty cool. Do you have any archival copies of code or screenshots from over the years to show the changes to the site over time?

https://web.archive.org/web/19961219065426/http://somd.com/

That's as far back as the Wayback Machine has for us. The graphics are broken because they no longer exist on our server, but you can get a general idea.

 

[Ken King]

https://web.archive.org/web/19961219065426/http://somd.com/

That's as far back as the Wayback Machine has for us. The graphics are broken because they no longer exist on our server, but you can get a general idea.

Sure do miss "Fire Away".

 

[Bann]

Sure do miss "Fire Away".

I read a lot of those when I joined the forums and kept thinking all the while, " that's what I think". Some of them seemed as though I could have written them myself.

This is the December 1996 issue-
https://web.archive.org/web/19970129140611/http://somd.com/news/fireaway/index.htm

 

[LightRoasted]

If I may ...

Was in a war zone at the time, didn't have a 286 or 386 computer with a 9600 baud modem or a place to plug it in. Though did hear of a new term for the very first time while there... email.