The Binary Cafe
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| The Binary Café | |
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 The Binary Café circa 1994[1] | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Owner(s) | Steve Bernhardson |
| Country | Canada |
The Binary Café was an internet cafe which was located upstairs at 502 Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario from approximately June 1994 through December 1994.[2] It is significant in that it was Canada's first internet cafe.[3][4] It was run by Steve Bernhardson and staffed by a handful of employees/volunteers.
The full name of the establishment was actually The Binary Café and Hexadecimal Emporium, a name which reflected the two main components of the space—serving food and drinks, and selling cyberpunk-related books, magazines, and zines.[citation needed]
Internet access was available through two x86 computers, which shared a single telephone line for their PPP connection.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ode to The Binary Cafe and Hexadecimal Emporium". scribble.com. January 1997. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "#037 Jan 1995". ISEA International. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ^ Warf, Barney, ed. (2018). The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Internet. SAGE. p. 347. ISBN 9781526450432.
- ^ Adomi, Esharenana E. (2017). "Security and Software for Cybercafes". Information Science Reference. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-59904-905-2.
External links
[edit]- K.K.Campbell (September 15, 1994). "Upstairs at Binary Cafe's Computer Underground". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- Ode to The Binary Cafe... -- a web memorial
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