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Douglas Adams and Tom Baker's 1990 web tutorial resurfaces
Original: England, 1990. Douglas Adams and Tom Baker make a video teaching people how to use the hyperlinks on the world wide web,
A 1990 clip from England shows author Douglas Adams and former Doctor Who star Tom Baker presenting a film explaining hyperlinks and the idea of the world wide web, before URLs and HTML existed. The footage, hosted on an internet archive, is being shared as a charming piece of early internet history.
Why now: Nostalgia for early internet history and the unlikely pairing of two beloved British cultural figures.
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Evidence
- England, 1990. Douglas Adams and Tom Baker make a video teaching people how to use the hyperlinks on the world wide web, before the invention of URLs and HTML [see vid description for a clearer upload at archive.org] https:// youtu.be/5nOXGYxHVFI?is=_dHuXW Dk8txvqFVB # stem #… · HollyCo26588808@universeodon.com · 3
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