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Ask HN: Was there an online encyclopedia during the 1980s?

I was recently inspired to investigate after watching the scene[0] in Ghostbusters II where Egon pulls up a record from the "Occult Reference Net".

I am aware that people were able (and still able) to connect to bulletin boards and library catalogs via telnet, but was there such a thing as a "reference net" for general topics? If so, do any still exist?

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBRE-RzLg5M

2v37p5y ago3

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Ask HN: Was there an online encyclopedia during the 1980s?

I was recently inspired to investigate after watching the scene[0] in Ghostbusters II where Egon pulls up a record from the "Occult Reference Net".

I am aware that people were able (and still able) to connect to bulletin boards and library catalogs via telnet, but was there such a thing as a "reference net" for general topics? If so, do any still exist?

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBRE-RzLg5M

2v37p5y ago3