Sending "emails" before the Internet
Sending "emails" before the Internet Just like any other inventions, email also has a great history to look at. There were interesting stories which happened in the past which then became the premise of our great electronic mail system. For example, a fun fact is that the first version of email existed before the Internet! How is that possible? Well, then it is time to dive deeper! Image: Collection Most of you might knew that in the past, computer was at the size of a room, what a massive machine. Back then, there was no "personal computer" because people had to share it. Everything started in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At first, people had to sign up for time to work with the computer (just like how I have to sign up for group study room at university). Email didn't exist, so if they want to leave a message to another user, their method was to leave a file on the computer and the receiver will read it when it is their time to work wi...