LGR Tech Tales - Quantum Link: AOL Origins
8,547This episode covers the unlikely origins of AOL, by way of the Atari Gamelink and an online service for the Commodore 64. Join me in LGR Tech Tales, looking at stories of technological inspiration, failure, and everything in-between!
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"Nautical 2" by Loscil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpjlqXaC6ys
"Anekbah Theme"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmdgZkWgfUE
"Milinda" by Diode Milliampere
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"Rhodes to Heaven 2," "After The Storm 3," "Werewolfdance"
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● Main sources for info:
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20031005033411/
http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/carlson/1970s.shtml
http://www.johnmwillis.com/internet/the-story-of-a-pathological-entrepreneur/
http://www.filfre.net/2015/07/a-new-force-in-games-part-2-a-habitat-in-cyberspace/
https://thepowerofus.org/2010/08/05/who-is-jack-taub/
https://metalmisfit.wordpress.com/tag/cvc-gameline/
http://www.retroist.com/2007/03/05/quantum-link-for-the-commodore-64/
https://www.tinytickle.co.uk/quantum-link/
http://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/14/business/digest-s-electronics-venture.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/26/business/digest-s-disappointing-source.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jack-r-taub-entrepreneur/2011/05/23/AFDmt89G_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1978/12/16/mclean-firm-first-to-offer-new-computer/9fe3a8c8-2bd7-489b-bec6-cd34defd7303/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1980/10/25/former-source-chairman-barred-from-gain-on-sale/0d1cffc0-12d5-42a5-ab46-ca2c691808ab/
https://books.google.com/books?id=Rz4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT16&dq=jack+taub+Source+Telecomputing&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjqeaBjdvRAhVBNiYKHYGoCJQQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=CnhcoI2lRuIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Stealing+Time:+Steve+Case+book&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivjp3gwtbRAhWEgCYKHVwjBzoQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=Stealing%20Time%3A%20Steve%20Case%20book&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=1J78hiHKaPoC&pg=PT128&lpg=PT128&dq=like+a+New+York+cockroach,+Control+Video+simply+couldn%E2%80%99t+be+killed+off.&source=bl&ots=DnWOU7_2B0&sig=5AwhYt7u9IrkhkadC-6EHrmJIKg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRzIGx2NjRAhUpxlQKHUHrCMwQ6AEIHzAB#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=oC4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=reader%27s+digest+%22the+source%22&source=bl&ots=fTqvD1B0uq&sig=j8RugwWLloq_nfPBsE36RSFO0SY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTjMC_zNbRAhXERiYKHdviAtUQ6AEIRTAI#v=onepage&q&f=true
https://books.google.com/books?id=2y8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=%22source+telecomputing%22+%22von+meister%22&source=bl&ots=_AelrFO1_5&sig=qS0BkU0ofNpOLdXmo7hdpCKWqJc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwin-ePx893RAhUB7yYKHY4cDdEQ6AEIKTAD#v=onepage&q=%22source%20telecomputing%22%20%22von%20meister%22&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=n0UEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=%22home+music+store%22+von+meister&source=bl&ots=PpkJdD0-TP&sig=RRIeA3xXI4WVW8B4EEdro1bIj6c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc_vmC-N3RAhXB1CYKHUNkD4oQ6AEIMjAG#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=izAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3&dq=%22CompuServe+Purchases+The+Source%22+Information+Today&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwksXx6-LRAhXDdiYKHSAtBdAQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://archive.org/details/On-LineD1987
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrxJKjAjFK0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjgH27p-FAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhZ0VEmEKys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W_yfq1CLwY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byr5tINJp7E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVpulhO3jyc