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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 Compaqs and Gateways.

Even then, it was a great day to be a Tar Heel.

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Special thanks to Carolina’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions, as well as Horizon Productions and PBS NC for helping digitize dozens of Betamax tapes from decades ago.