On Sun, Oct 25, 2015, Jay West wrote: > I received the email below, thought I'd pass it on... > ----- > Dear J West, > > I am writing to inform you about an article I have created about Quantum > Link, an online service that was available in the US & Canada from 1985 to > 1994. > > https://www.tinytickle.co.uk/quantum-link/ > > Quantum Link, originally available on the Commodore 64 computer, offered and > pioneered many of the features we are used to having on the modern internet, > such as e-mail, instant messagaing, shopping and chat rooms - to name a few. > > Quantum Link also featured the ground breaking game Habitat by Lucasfilm's, > the first graphical massively multiplayer online game. > https://www.tinytickle.co.uk/quantum-link/#mmo > > Q-Link was also made available on Apple & IBM compatible PCs from 1988. > > I was wondering if you could add a link from your website (classiccmp.org) > to the piece to help spread knowledge of the influential, but now largely > forgotten, Quantum Link service. The article has proven popular on social > media, and I thought that it would be of interest to your readers. Any > mention you could make on social media would also be fantastic. > > Any corrections, feedback or comments you may have on the piece would be > greatly appreciated, either by email or via the comments form on the webpage > itself. > > Thanks for your time. > Kind Regards > David Wilding > >
Perhaps it's out of the (very nice) web page's scope, but I don't see a mention of the modern-day partial recreation of QuantumLink that some Commodore enthusiasts use today. -- Eric Christopherson