On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Stephen Satchell <list@satchell.net> wrote:
This goes back a number of years. There was a product that literally was a cardboard box that contained everything one needed to get started on the Internet. Just add a modem and a computer, and you were on your way. No fuss, no "learning curve".
Ah, Spry Inc, where are you now? I still have the tee shirt and the totebag... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_a_Box http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrTcXcg6qVVBN4AYA42nIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIycGdrdTYyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMyZTA0OTNhZjcyNzRlZTlhMjA5NjYzNWYzMDQxYWFmYQRncG9zAzQEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dinternet%2Bin%2Ba%2Bbox%26type%3D__alt__ddc_linuxmint_com%26fr%3Dsfp%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26hsimp%3Dyhs-linuxmint%26hspart%3Dddc%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D4&w=270&h=252&imgurl=archive.cigarweekly.com%2Fimages%2Fint-in-a-box.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.cigarweekly.com%2Fmagazine%2Fcigarticles%2F02-04-2008%2Flife%2C-computers-and-the-partagas-serie-d-no.-4%3A-one-man-s-journey&size=14.2KB&name=Here+is+what+%3Cb%3EInternet+in+a+Box%3C%2Fb%3E+looked+like.&p=internet+in+a+box&oid=2e0493af7274ee9a2096635f3041aafa&fr2=piv-web&fr=sfp&tt=Here+is+what+%3Cb%3EInternet+in+a+Box%3C%2Fb%3E+looked+like.&b=0&ni=21&no=4&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=1402hm764&sigb=14ugkuu5g&sigi=11fniht2d&sigt=11iu4mkfg&sign=11iu4mkfg&fr=sfp&fr2=piv-web&hsimp=yhs-linuxmint&hspart=ddc&type=__alt__ddc_linuxmint_com I may even have my original box around, still unopened. ^_^; Ah, now you've got me all nostalgic.... Matt