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Not Internet per se but I have fond memories of the 3270 terminal from when I started working at IBM in 1989.

• The primitive IM - TELL.
• Checking to see if your manager was logged onto the system.
• Sending PROFS notes.
• Ascii art.

        ,.,
       ((())
      (|o_o|)
      ()\=/()
      ()\_/()
      
         ,.,
       (~ ~)
      q:0 0:p
       ((_))
        'u'
  
      ,oOOOo,
      o(""")o
      o|* *|o
      C((_))C
        '='
  
         ,
     ,.'` `'.,
      |:o o:|
       \(_)/
  
         ,
       ,iIi,
      (((()))
      ))o_o((
       '\=/'
      
      
  

• The green glow emanating from the resident guru's office who insisted on working with the lights off and who would sometimes talk to you while cutting his toenails.
• Big hair

Okay...so it wasn't all good and we were all anxiously awaiting our 386 machines with OS/2 so we could connect to the token ring and surf the real Internet.