Steve Case, the Face That Launched a Billion Floppy Disks, appeared on "Computer Chronicles" in 1987 to demonstrate "QuantumLink," the C64-based ancestor of America Online.
www.computerchronicles.blog/computer-chr...
#retrocomputing #c64
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#retrocomputing #c64
September 25, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Steve Case, the Face That Launched a Billion Floppy Disks, appeared on "Computer Chronicles" in 1987 to demonstrate "QuantumLink," the C64-based ancestor of America Online.
www.computerchronicles.blog/computer-chr...
#retrocomputing #c64
www.computerchronicles.blog/computer-chr...
#retrocomputing #c64
This Christmas demo from Steve Emsley was uploaded to QuantumLink in 1987.
Commodore 64 - Christmas Special 1987
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December 24, 2024 at 5:05 PM
This Christmas demo from Steve Emsley was uploaded to QuantumLink in 1987.
"The promise of telecommunications has FINALLY come home...!"
QuantumLink Promotion Video 1986
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December 9, 2024 at 4:05 AM
"The promise of telecommunications has FINALLY come home...!"
"The promise of telecommunications has FINALLY come home...!"
QuantumLink Promotion Video 1986
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February 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"The promise of telecommunications has FINALLY come home...!"
Share an image that shows how many years you’ve been online
(QuantumLink was the original service that became AOL)
(QuantumLink was the original service that became AOL)
September 23, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Share an image that shows how many years you’ve been online
(QuantumLink was the original service that became AOL)
(QuantumLink was the original service that became AOL)
"The promise of telecommunications has FINALLY come home...!"
QuantumLink Promotion Video 1986
AhoyMagazine (YouTube)
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February 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"The promise of telecommunications has FINALLY come home...!"
The Second Life of its day: Lucasfilm's Habitat (1986-1988)
Lucasfilm were one of the companies at the cutting edge of computer game software, and pioneering some really cool stuff, such as this social MMO for the Commodore 64 available via the QuantumLink service.
#VideoBytes
Lucasfilm were one of the companies at the cutting edge of computer game software, and pioneering some really cool stuff, such as this social MMO for the Commodore 64 available via the QuantumLink service.
#VideoBytes
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The Second Life of its day: Lucasfilm's Habitat (1986-1988)
Lucasfilm were one of the companies at the cutting edge of computer game software, and pioneering some really cool stuff, such as this social MMO for the Commodore 64 available via the QuantumLink service.
#VideoBytes
Lucasfilm were one of the companies at the cutting edge of computer game software, and pioneering some really cool stuff, such as this social MMO for the Commodore 64 available via the QuantumLink service.
#VideoBytes
I think you mean QuantumLink. More AOL, less Scott Bakula :)
July 2, 2026 at 10:52 PM
I think you mean QuantumLink. More AOL, less Scott Bakula :)
I was on QuantumLink on my Commodore 64 - which was the company that became AOL
March 6, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I was on QuantumLink on my Commodore 64 - which was the company that became AOL
Huh. I was hanging out in the Star Trek forums on Q-Link (QuantumLink) so didn't try Prodigy. (Later I was on GEnie.)
October 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Huh. I was hanging out in the Star Trek forums on Q-Link (QuantumLink) so didn't try Prodigy. (Later I was on GEnie.)
Hanging out in a Q-Link chat room like it's 1990
March 5, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Hanging out in a Q-Link chat room like it's 1990
Today's vintage discovery...now where did I put that 300 baud modem?
#qlink #quantumlink #c64 #vintagecomputing
#qlink #quantumlink #c64 #vintagecomputing
April 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Today's vintage discovery...now where did I put that 300 baud modem?
#qlink #quantumlink #c64 #vintagecomputing
#qlink #quantumlink #c64 #vintagecomputing
My mother met her second husband in 1987 in a chatroom, on QuantumLink, using a 2400 baud modem and a Commodore 64.
Everyone who was on USENET, IRC or had a blog looking at Millennials being labeled "First Gen Social Media Users":
The fuck did you just say, my dude
www.wired.com/story/first-...
The fuck did you just say, my dude
www.wired.com/story/first-...
First-Gen Social Media Users Have Nowhere to Go
The collective erosion of X, Instagram, and Facebook marks a turning point for millennials, who are outgrowing a constant need to be plugged in.
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November 8, 2023 at 12:07 AM
My mother met her second husband in 1987 in a chatroom, on QuantumLink, using a 2400 baud modem and a Commodore 64.
The first time I went online was using a 300 Baud Vicmodem with a Commodore 64 to dial in to QuantumLink (a.k.a. Q-Link) where I mostly talked about Star Trek with people. Had a long curly phone cord stretched awkwardly across the hallway between kitchen and den.
August 9, 2024 at 5:17 PM
The first time I went online was using a 300 Baud Vicmodem with a Commodore 64 to dial in to QuantumLink (a.k.a. Q-Link) where I mostly talked about Star Trek with people. Had a long curly phone cord stretched awkwardly across the hallway between kitchen and den.
This website is a work of art.
Not since the heady days of QuantumLink on the Commodore 64 has there been such platonically ideal navigation.
Also, free text adventure. Hello!
Not since the heady days of QuantumLink on the Commodore 64 has there been such platonically ideal navigation.
Also, free text adventure. Hello!
cranny.world is LIVE!
Your one stop shop for all things cranny. Come and play my new video game CrannyQuest: In Search of Cola!
Your one stop shop for all things cranny. Come and play my new video game CrannyQuest: In Search of Cola!
March 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This website is a work of art.
Not since the heady days of QuantumLink on the Commodore 64 has there been such platonically ideal navigation.
Also, free text adventure. Hello!
Not since the heady days of QuantumLink on the Commodore 64 has there been such platonically ideal navigation.
Also, free text adventure. Hello!
How old am I? I used QuantumLink. On a Commodore 64.
September 8, 2023 at 8:26 PM
How old am I? I used QuantumLink. On a Commodore 64.
CompuServe was great, but if you had a Commodore 64, QuantumLink was the bomb because it was in color (and had real user names).
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45 years ago CompuServe connected the world before the World Wide Web
On September 24, 1979, Columbus-based CompuServe launched its online service for consumers. Its subscribers were among the first to have access to email, online chat, digital newspapers and the abilit...
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September 25, 2024 at 12:58 PM
CompuServe was great, but if you had a Commodore 64, QuantumLink was the bomb because it was in color (and had real user names).
www.wosu.org/2024-09-24/4...
www.wosu.org/2024-09-24/4...
Do wish I was born sooner to experience stuff like BBSes, Fidonet and quantumlink.
I think it means you're one of the internet OGs. Maybe post-eternal September, but still here in time for the party.
August 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Do wish I was born sooner to experience stuff like BBSes, Fidonet and quantumlink.
RT @coldacid: Not the Bioware game, the original one on QuantumLink/AOL using the Gold Box engine. It was classified as an MMO.
September 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
RT @coldacid: Not the Bioware game, the original one on QuantumLink/AOL using the Gold Box engine. It was classified as an MMO.
Sadly I can't log into the reverse-engineered QuantumLink server, on either the C64U or with VICE. I can see the same "TERMINAL>" prompt that I get with telnet, so I know the serial link works, and then I get two "-" characters instead of one, but no further. 1200baud.wordpress.com/q-link-reloa...
April 24, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Sadly I can't log into the reverse-engineered QuantumLink server, on either the C64U or with VICE. I can see the same "TERMINAL>" prompt that I get with telnet, so I know the serial link works, and then I get two "-" characters instead of one, but no further. 1200baud.wordpress.com/q-link-reloa...
Downloaded my tweets, deleted them, and deactivated my account. In a month or two, I'll think of Twitter the way I think about MySpace. Or AOL. Or Quantumlink, Compuserve, Prodigy... even bix.
November 7, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Downloaded my tweets, deleted them, and deactivated my account. In a month or two, I'll think of Twitter the way I think about MySpace. Or AOL. Or Quantumlink, Compuserve, Prodigy... even bix.
QuantumLink
How old are you in Internet years without telling us your age?
August 9, 2024 at 3:13 PM
QuantumLink
Memories! <3
Before the commercialization of the internet, QuantumLink was popularizing smilies/emoticons to a large non-technical audience through People Connection from '85 to '89. :-)
Scott Fahlman launched a cultural phenomenon in 1982! And Steve Case unwittingly turbo-charged it! :-D
Before the commercialization of the internet, QuantumLink was popularizing smilies/emoticons to a large non-technical audience through People Connection from '85 to '89. :-)
Scott Fahlman launched a cultural phenomenon in 1982! And Steve Case unwittingly turbo-charged it! :-D
Absolutely! In college in about 1995? 96?I wrote a very short essay about the vital social role of text emoticons in online communication. Punctuation on the internet hasn’t been punctuation since the start. 😁
August 4, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Memories! <3
Before the commercialization of the internet, QuantumLink was popularizing smilies/emoticons to a large non-technical audience through People Connection from '85 to '89. :-)
Scott Fahlman launched a cultural phenomenon in 1982! And Steve Case unwittingly turbo-charged it! :-D
Before the commercialization of the internet, QuantumLink was popularizing smilies/emoticons to a large non-technical audience through People Connection from '85 to '89. :-)
Scott Fahlman launched a cultural phenomenon in 1982! And Steve Case unwittingly turbo-charged it! :-D
