RE: TOP THAT: Antique Email (WAS RE: Dating the Internet (was Re: Funny Tech Writing))

["Evans, Diane L (Rosetta)" <diane_evans -at- merck -dot- com>]

>But can anyone else on this list beat a 15 year old e-mail address that's
been in continuous and regular use since it was created? 

Well, not quite...but my kids introduced me to free e-mail in 1995, when
Hotmail became available.  I signed up for an account, and still use that
account frequently.  It's been about 11 years now, and I still check the
account in the morning and evening every day.

When I attended the University of Washington in 1985 - 1987, I had an email
account that I could potentially still be using (but I don't).  I was able
to access my email from work because it was a government agency with a 300
baud modem!  I could watch each word as it appeared on the screen.

My first real home computer was a 386.  We didn't have Windows installed on
it, because Windows needed 4 megs of RAM, and at $100/meg, we could only
afford one.

Diane Evans
Requirements Analyst
ASQ CSQE
Rosetta Inpharmatics
206-802-6560


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