The Binary Cafe

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[edit]

^ "#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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[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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