Not to give my age away, but I'm a Tandy user from way back. And before that, I had something like a keyboard plugged into my television set. Anyone else here remember Prodigy ISP? The connection was horrible and it took about ten good minutes to dial up. But it got the job done, I suppose.
I really started using the internet my freshman year of college. Napster was starting to blow up, it wasn't illegal yet, and the internet was fun and free.
Sigh.
Good Times.