My TV trivia calendar today said it was BENSON, in 1985. But for some reason I'm skeptical. Can anyone confirm or deny?

That's what I have always heard.

Go down to where it says "Benson Trivia"....
http://www.crazyabouttv.com/benson.html

It says it was a precursor to the internet,so that means it was a workable prototype of the internet,but not actually the internet. I will give them credit until it can be proved other wise that there not the first TV show to depict it.

That's what I have always heard.

Go down to where it says "Benson Trivia"....
http://www.crazyabouttv.com/benson.html

Tricky, and slightly misleading, but I'll buy it. I knew '85 seemed a bit early for the internet as we know it.

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I seem to remember Arnold on Different Strokes using a computer to chat on a BBS with a disabled girl.