Video: Carolina in the 1990s

Posted Nov 29, 2023
Hit the rewind button to a time when neon windbreakers, baggy pants, and Hard Rock Cafe T-shirts were in style as Tar Heels surfed the World Wide Web using massive Compaq and Gateway computers with dialup modems. Even then, it was still a great day to be a Tar Heel.

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