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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: Bryan Conner on July 10, 2012, 02:40:36 pm

Title: The First Photograph posted on the Web
Post by: Bryan Conner on July 10, 2012, 02:40:36 pm

Here is an interesting article about the first photograph posted on the internet back in 1991.  It was modified in Photoshop version 1....you can view the before and after in the article.  I wonder how many have been posted since? http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/7/10/crossdressing-compression-and-colliders-the-first-photo-on-the-web

Title: Re: The First Photograph posted on the Web
Post by: NancyP on July 11, 2012, 12:03:35 pm

Ah yes, the long tradition of laboratory garage bands............

Title: Re: The First Photograph posted on the Web
Post by: wolfnowl on July 12, 2012, 01:42:41 am

Looking at this had me wondering how many others remember using UUEncode and UUDecode to send images and other binary stuff... pre-web that is.

Mike.

Title: Re: The First Photograph posted on the Web
Post by: jule on July 12, 2012, 02:06:30 am

Remember 'back in the day' when images were 'posted' in the mail... postcards. :-)

Julie

Title: Re: The First Photograph posted on the Web
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on July 12, 2012, 03:53:43 am

Quote from: wolfnowl on July 12, 2012, 01:42:41 am

Looking at this had me wondering how many others remember using UUEncode and UUDecode to send images and other binary stuff... pre-web that is.

Mike.

Binhex?

Jeremy

Title: Re: The First Photograph posted on the Web
Post by: Farmer on July 12, 2012, 06:25:56 am

Quote from: wolfnowl on July 12, 2012, 01:42:41 am

Looking at this had me wondering how many others remember using UUEncode and UUDecode to send images and other binary stuff... pre-web that is.

Mike.

It still exists, Mike :-)

UUCP connections were great - that little bit of wizardry was still required and communications weren't quite so instant.

When the greatest graphical tool on the internet was Gopher ;-)

Title: Re: The First Photograph posted on the Web
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 12, 2012, 10:16:55 am

Ah, the Good Old Days. I still remember programming in Assembler for the DEC PDP-1 computer. Not even FORTRAN available yet. Graphics? What's that?

Title: Re: The First Photograph posted on the Web
Post by: Farmer on July 12, 2012, 07:25:52 pm

Hah - that predates me by a long way!  I learned Z-80 Assembler in '81 (and have long since forgotten it).

Title: Re: The First Photograph posted on the Web
Post by: dreed on July 16, 2012, 01:49:56 am

Quote from: wolfnowl on July 12, 2012, 01:42:41 am

Looking at this had me wondering how many others remember using UUEncode and UUDecode to send images and other binary stuff... pre-web that is.

Mike.

alt.binaries.pictures.*