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Originally Posted by Undertoad
That is the case Rich, the year was 1990. (Which is why the logo says "Est. 1990" in nearly unreadable type.)
It was the first place in Philly where the general public could reach Internet email.
It's surely one of the 25 oldest virtual communities in the world and I would think it's probably in the top 10.
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That is terrific history UT.
Would you consider ARPAnet to be just one big community? It relates to your top 25/10 lists. Perhaps in 1980-5 it was one community spread across the USA.
My last X-gf is from Philly; we lived together in NY and were part of DARPA contracts that gave us ARPAnet access. After her PhD, she got a job back in the Philly area, met her husband thru an ARPAnet news group in '85. He was also local to Phillie.
So, we had special access as CS reserchers with DARPA contracts. The Cellar was public access. Ra!