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Quantum Link (or Q-Link) was a U.S.online service for Commodore 64 and 128 personal computers that operated from November 5, 1985 to November 1, 1994. It was operated by Quantum Computer Services of Vienna, Virginia, which in October 1991 changed its name to America Online, and continues to operate its AOL service for the IBM PC and Apple Macintosh today. Q-Link was a modified version of the PlayNET system, which Control Video Corporation (CVC, later renamed Quantum Computer Services) licensed.
Just as later services would, Q-Link featured electronic mail, online chat (in its People Connection department), public domain file sharing libraries, online news, and instant messaging (using On Line Messages, or OLMs). Other noteworthy features included online multiplayer games like checkers, chess, backgammon, and hangman; casino games such as bingo, slot machines, and poker in RabbitJack's Casino; and an interactive graphical resort island called Habitat while in beta-testing and later renamed to Club Caribe.
Club Caribe was developed with Lucasfilm Games and was designed using software that would later form the basis of Lucasfilm's Maniac Mansion SCUMM story system. Users controlled on-screen avatars that could chat with other users, carry and use objects and money (called tokens), and travel around the island one screenful at a time. It was a predecessor to today's MMOGs.
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#reddit Will we ever really see quantum mechanics?: submitted by mr_tsidpq [link] [2 comments] http://bit.ly/2TM1E2 #rulez
REDDITSPAMMOR (REDDITSPAMMOR) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:23:51 -0000
#reddit Will we ever really see quantum mechanics?: submitted by mr_tsidpq [link] [2 comments] http://bit.ly/2TM1E2 #rulez
live now on quantum link: http://lnk.ms/00ywl
DJVengeance (VENGEANCE) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:33:48 -0000
live now on quantum link: http://lnk.ms/00ywl
@stefanthepilot Boeing 717 : National Jet (for Qantas Link), Mexicana Click, Quantum Air, Spanair, Bangkok Airways, Turkemnistan Airlines...
avtips (Avtips) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:16 -0000
@stefanthepilot Boeing 717 : National Jet (for Qantas Link), Mexicana Click, Quantum Air, Spanair, Bangkok Airways, Turkemnistan Airlines...
The British Theatre Guide reviewed Quantum Leaps last night, click the link to read what it thought... http://bit.ly/4F1uLD
SundEmpire (Sunderland Empire) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:50:45 -0000
The British Theatre Guide reviewed Quantum Leaps last night, click the link to read what it thought... http://bit.ly/4F1uLD
Link: Dauger Research, Inc. - Real-Time Visualization of Quantum Atomic Orbitals - // Dr.K iPhone http://tumblr.com/xim3ukq2m
Balimore (Kevin Erin the Dr. K) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:01 -0000
Link: Dauger Research, Inc. - Real-Time Visualization of Quantum Atomic Orbitals - // Dr.K iPhone http://tumblr.com/xim3ukq2m
RT @briancalek: http://bit.ly/5fsrq here is the you tube link to Prof Susskinds Lectures *Quantum Mechanics*
Rocketres (Katherine Nichols) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:44:26 -0000
RT @briancalek: http://bit.ly/5fsrq here is the you tube link to Prof Susskinds Lectures *Quantum Mechanics*
JohnD39's QLink Page - Pictures of Q-Link alumni and an internet contact list.
Quantum Link Members Guide - Includes a command reference chart and function key overlays for the 64 and 128.
Quantum Link Reloaded - Project to resurrect Quantum Link. There's a forum and instructions for connecting with a C64/128 or VICE emulator.
Remember Q-Link! - Memories and screenshots of Quantum Link, the popular Commodore 64/128 ancestor of America Online.
Meta Description: [ Here's a memorial to two much-missed pieces of computing history: Q-Link and the Commodore 64 personal computer. Includes personal screen shots and other photos, plus links to other Commodore 64/Q-Link pages. Newly expanded with many more pictures than before. ]
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