Random ArcWeb sighting

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Mar 17, 2021 10:40am Andrew Rawnsley (492) 1445 posts	The BBC front page currently has a snippet from Blue Peter about the Internet/Web. It ends with Diane Louise Jordan viewing the Blue Peter site in ArcWeb :) https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/blue-peter-discovers-the-internet/zmg6kmn

Mar 17, 2021 12:57pm David J. Ruck (33) 1635 posts	You noticed how much more air time Windows and MAC got compared to Acorn.

Mar 17, 2021 10:53pm Andrew Rawnsley (492) 1445 posts	Oh yes, and the little dig that “school computers” can’t do the internet yet (but might have software coming). I assume that refers to the ANT suite, but of cource there were things like KA9Q and !TCPIP and similar around before that with suitable fetchers for Arcweb and so on. But hey, easier just to say “not possible” ;) I was just happy to see any airtime on BBC in mid/late 90s, and recognisable software to boot.