A tweet in 1988? Amiga World magazine predicted Twitter 18 years ahead of time

Here’s a funny thing for the weekend, as spotted by the Minitel Research Lab – a copy of ‘Amiga World’ magazine accidentally prophesized the coming of Twitter on its front cover… in 1988.

looking at copy of Amiga World from 1988, learning about "going online", and there is a guy, literally, "#tweeting" pic.twitter.com/A5VuEaV9rR

— Minitel Research Lab (@MinitelResearch) July 30, 2015

Tell us, Jack Dorsey, were you an Amiga fan? Note: I realise he was only 12 in 1988.

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