GEnie (the General Electric Network for Information Exchange) was founded in 1985 as a dial-up online service that connected users through email, forums, games, and downloads, building a devoted community while competing with CompuServe and AOL. 💿🌐 In 1996, new owners attempted to reinvent the magic 🧞 for the web era. But the service struggled to keep pace & went up in smoke by Y2K. Take a trip through web history with #WaybackMachine ➡️ https://web.archive.org #DialUpEra #InternetHistory