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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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[PS3] Dunkel, dunkler, Quantum Theory - Neue Screens released: Link zur News http://bit.ly/7WoTjN
onpsx (onpsx.net) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:30:10 -0000
[PS3] Dunkel, dunkler, Quantum Theory - Neue Screens released: Link zur News http://bit.ly/7WoTjN
new mission: research quantum mechanics and neuronal transmission, look for a link.
Olanoo (olana hancock) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:41:28 -0000
new mission: research quantum mechanics and neuronal transmission, look for a link.
RT @jeanjacquesranu: Link: Bond on set - Belles photos de Quantum of Solace http://tumblr.com/xvh4mxbw5
Bond007Store (JamesBond007Store) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:21:55 -0000
RT @jeanjacquesranu: Link: Bond on set - Belles photos de Quantum of Solace http://tumblr.com/xvh4mxbw5
@Luke_Hahn That link you sent is what I was watching yesterday ~ not *that* heavy ;-) Thank you though. More quantum for me tonight.
moepet (Tonje Moe Pettersen) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:36:28 -0000
@Luke_Hahn That link you sent is what I was watching yesterday ~ not *that* heavy ;-) Thank you though. More quantum for me tonight.
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se99jmk (Jamie Kenyon) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:26:09 -0000
Link: Google working with quantum computing? - “Quantum what now?” I hear you say? Quantum computing is... http://tumblr.com/xsu4qb0bj
Downloading Scargo - newly released - thank you quantum sheep! Visit the iTunes link here: http://bit.ly/5BomYI
enuhski (enuhski iglesias) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:22:12 -0000
Downloading Scargo - newly released - thank you quantum sheep! Visit the iTunes link here: http://bit.ly/5BomYI
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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