▁article ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁quoted ▁in ▁the ▁T ES ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 : ▁" As ▁early ▁as ▁March ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁The ▁T ES ▁ran ▁an ▁article ▁with ▁the ▁very ▁ 2 1 st - century ▁head line ▁" On - Line ▁Services ". ▁Writ ten ▁by ▁fut uro log ist ▁and ▁author ▁Ray ▁Hamm ond , ▁it ▁began : ▁" The ▁tele phone ▁is ▁the ▁che apest ▁and ▁most ▁powerful ▁of ▁all ▁computer ▁access ories ▁… ▁The ▁article ▁is ▁not ▁about ▁the ▁internet ▁– ▁that ▁was ▁still ▁to ▁come . ▁But ▁it ▁did ▁point ▁out ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁many ▁useful ▁databases ▁out ▁there ▁that ▁were ▁waiting ▁patient ly ▁for ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁they ▁could ▁be ▁accessed ▁from ▁the ▁outside . ▁They ▁included ▁Lock he ed ' s ▁Dialog , ▁the ▁British ▁Library ▁Autom ated ▁Information ▁Service ▁( B LA I SE ) ▁and ▁The ▁Times ▁Network ▁for ▁School s ▁( TT NS ). ▁" Now ▁that ▁day ▁has ▁arrived ," ▁wrote ▁Mr ▁Hamm ond , ▁" the ▁hum ble ▁school ▁micro ▁provides ▁a ▁gateway ▁to ▁a ▁world ▁of ▁knowledge ▁so ▁vast ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁bre at ht aking ▁at ▁first ▁acquaint ance ." " ▁And ▁a ▁teacher ▁on ▁the ▁National ▁Archive ▁of ▁Edu c ational ▁Comput ing ▁site ▁explains ▁what ▁T T NS ▁is : ▁" Sch ools ▁were ▁linked ▁up ▁via ▁computer ▁and ▁we ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁access ▁an ▁early ▁version ▁of ▁what ▁we ▁now ▁have ▁on ▁the ▁internet