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Circa [[1993]]-[[1994]]<ref>[https://www.frcarchive.com/frcwiki/index.php/File:1994_Team_Updates.pdf 1994 Team Updates]</ref> FIRST operated a dial-up bulletin board system for important messages and communication. With the corporate sponsors as well as school labs of the era, dialing-in would have been more accessible than for the general public. | Circa [[1993]]-[[1994]]<ref>[https://www.frcarchive.com/frcwiki/index.php/File:1994_Team_Updates.pdf 1994 Team Updates]</ref> FIRST operated a dial-up bulletin board system for important messages and communication. With the corporate sponsors as well as school labs of the era, dialing-in would have been more accessible than for the general public. | ||
By September [[1995]] [[FIRST]] had an World Wide Web connection and website with e-mail system in place. [[Team numbers]] were faxed as well as e-mailed out that year. The original URL was http://usfirst.mv.com<ref>[https://www.frcarchive.com/frcwiki/index.php/File:95_first_email-1.pdf Email to team 45]</ref> but by later 1996 it was changed to http://usfirst.org/ | By September [[1995]] [[FIRST]] had an World Wide Web connection and website with e-mail system in place. [[Team numbers]] were faxed as well as e-mailed out that year. The original URL was [https://web.archive.org/web/19961219041132/http://usfirst.mv.com/ http://usfirst.mv.com]<ref>[https://www.frcarchive.com/frcwiki/index.php/File:95_first_email-1.pdf Email to team 45]</ref> but by later 1996 it was changed to [https://web.archive.org/web/19961125044004/http://usfirst.org/ http://usfirst.org/], with both URLs mirroring each other until the 2001 redesign. | ||
The original site was hosted on a 40 MHz 386DX processor with 20<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19971013160830/http://usfirst.mv.com/about.html About www.usfirst.org]</ref> and later 32<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000816184529/http://usfirst.mv.com/about.html Avout www.usfirst.org]</ref> MB of RAM. It was designed around the slow modem speeds of the time as well as text-only browsers like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) Lynx]. | |||
In [[2001]] the site was redesigned with a simple but effective [https://web.archive.org/web/20010515233155/http://www.usfirst.org/ table-based layout]. In [[2002]] it was revamped again with a [https://web.archive.org/web/20020529021049/http://www.usfirst.org/ more colorful design]. | |||
Latest revision as of 02:32, 24 February 2026
Circa 1993-1994[1] FIRST operated a dial-up bulletin board system for important messages and communication. With the corporate sponsors as well as school labs of the era, dialing-in would have been more accessible than for the general public.
By September 1995 FIRST had an World Wide Web connection and website with e-mail system in place. Team numbers were faxed as well as e-mailed out that year. The original URL was http://usfirst.mv.com[2] but by later 1996 it was changed to http://usfirst.org/, with both URLs mirroring each other until the 2001 redesign.
The original site was hosted on a 40 MHz 386DX processor with 20[3] and later 32[4] MB of RAM. It was designed around the slow modem speeds of the time as well as text-only browsers like Lynx.
In 2001 the site was redesigned with a simple but effective table-based layout. In 2002 it was revamped again with a more colorful design.