What Happened to America Online? [LGR Tech Tales]

This episode covers the story of AOL from birth to collapse, by way of the Apple Link and endless free disks and CDs. Join me in LGR Tech Tales, looking at stories of technological inspiration, failure, and everything in-between!

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● Background music credits:
"Nautical 2" by Loscil
   • Loscil - Nautical2  

"Anekbah Theme"
   • The Nomad Soul: Soundtrack - Anekbah ...  

"Milinda" by Diode Milliampere
http://diodemilliampere.bandcamp.com/

"Rhodes to Heaven 2," "After The Storm 3," "Werewolfdance"
https://www.epidemicsound.com

"Twin Shine"
https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/...

● Main sources for info:
https://books.google.com/books?id=DcV...

https://books.google.com/books?id=Cnh...

https://books.google.com/books?id=mYE...

https://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...

https://www.tinytickle.co.uk/quantum-...

http://web.archive.org/web/2015030401...

http://apple2history.org/history/ah22...

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3...

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/fall2...

http://www.dsgames.net/qlink/q-link/q...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-day-a...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...

http://fortune.com/2015/01/10/15-year...

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/l...

http://articles.latimes.com/2004/dec/...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB104370...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7...

https://techcrunch.com/2010/12/27/aol...

http://www.johnmwillis.com/internet/t...

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/...

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/...

https://www.cnet.com/news/aol-ditches...

http://toastytech.com/guis/deskmate3....

   • AOL 1.0 on Mac Installation and Startup  

   • EZ Internet - Beginner's Guide to the...  

http://www.mikerichardson.name/oldaol/