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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Prior to HTML the Internet was a text-based medium, with the exception of downloadable binaries.
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Gopher and ftp "browsers" were other early attempts. Primitive and without the concept of pages beyond a working directory. Public X clients weren't widespread but it was another interesting presentation effort. I'm also remembering graphical nntp, but the ones I messed with died off when http took off.