Elon Musk on Zip2 and the Internet (1998)

27 year old Elon Musk on Zip2 and the internet in this CBS interview in 1998.

On April 30, 2024, Elon shared on X about Zip2 the following:

I personally wrote the first national maps, directions, yellow pages & white pages on the Internet in the summer of 1995 in C with a little C++.

Didn’t use a “web server” to save CPU cycles (just read port 8080 directly). Couldn’t afford a Cisco T1 router, so wrote an emulator based on a white paper.

[sscot]

lol, he drilled a hole to the floor below to connect to the internet.. and the interviewer didn't even flinch.... DOH ! ...of course, I lol

[chlorophyll]

Smart 🤓 kid he prolly got + bright future ahead of him

[masinditower]

He had money but it wasn't a lot, they should stop lying

[ashleymorton]

He’s saying he had no money that’s total bull, he’s so posh. Also a Fanny

[nama]

He was much more coherent then... comparing to the stuttery mess that he is now.