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Late sixties "Internet" brand transistor radio


Mark Hill found this Internet Radio Product Ltd-branded “Internet” radio from the late sixties in a Dutch junk-market. It’s an interesting find, not least because it suggests that the official etymologies of “Internet,” dating to the seventies and the Arpanet crowd, is a bit muddier than previously thought.

Was ‘Internet’ First Used For A Transistor Radio?

(via M1k3y)

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