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The WWW definitely predates the iMac.

Of course. I just wasn't aware that there were modems for the IIe.

I was using a modem with the II or IIe in 1983 to dial into a BBS

The "Penny Whistle" modem came out in 1976, but hobbyists had been building their own for years.

People had been connecting mechanical Teletypes via modems since the 1950's.