The Binary Café

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.^[1] It is significant in that it was Canada's first internet cafe.^[2]^[3] 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

^ "#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

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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[1] "#037 Jan 1995". ISEA International. Retrieved March 4, 2020.

[2] Warf, Barney, ed. (2018). The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Internet. SAGE. p. 347. ISBN 9781526450432.

[3] Adomi, Esharenana E. (2017). "Security and Software for Cybercafes". Information Science Reference. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-59904-905-2.

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