/dev/null Posted July 4, 2009 Posted July 4, 2009 http://www.basexblog.com/2009/07/03/compuserve-requiem/
WWVaBeach Posted July 4, 2009 Posted July 4, 2009 http://www.basexblog.com/2009/07/03/compuserve-requiem/ I thought this died years ago.
The Poojer Posted July 4, 2009 Posted July 4, 2009 its like the "abe vigoda' of the tech world.....you mean its still been alive???????
Just Jack Posted July 4, 2009 Posted July 4, 2009 My first foray into the online world was Compuserve, back when your member number was your online ID, and 1200 Buad was high-speed.
eSJayDee Posted July 4, 2009 Posted July 4, 2009 Like others, I thought it died when it merged w/ AOHell. My 1st email addr - 102752,3115!
The Dean Posted July 4, 2009 Posted July 4, 2009 My first foray into the online world was Compuserve, back when your member number was your online ID, and 1200 Buad was high-speed. Did you use an acoustic coupler on your phone?
Rubes Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 Did you use an acoustic coupler on your phone? I did! Although, it was for The Source, 300 baud. CompuServe came a short time later.
stuckincincy Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 My first foray into the online world was Compuserve, back when your member number was your online ID, and 1200 Buad was high-speed. I used CServe for a long time. The DOSCIM fit onto a 1.44Mb diskette. It was quite fast, even at 1200 baud. For forums, you used your own (billing) name. So politeness and good manners were the order of the day - no hiding behind pseudonyms. When AOL bought them out and allowed aliases, I quit and used Prodigy for a time. Modems - I probably owned 7 or 8 through the years. I still have a v.92 external serial modem in case the cable connection fails.
The Dean Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 I did! Although, it was for The Source, 300 baud. CompuServe came a short time later. I used one, too. Although the memories are a little bit hazy and don't remember the service, or circumstances. I still had it in a box, up until a few years ago.
Just Jack Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 Did you use an acoustic coupler on your phone? Nah, I had a modem that plugged into the expansion slot on my Commodore 64.
Lori Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 Man, you guys are O-L-D. (AOL here, circa 1994/Windows 3.1. Before that, my only online access was the compsci center at PSU while I was there in the mid-to-late '80s.)
Chef Jim Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Man, you guys are O-L-D. (AOL here, circa 1994/Windows 3.1. Before that, my only online access was the compsci center at PSU while I was there in the mid-to-late '80s.) I was on AOL first in 1995 and not that I'm younger than any of you, probably the contrary. I had a job where I worked 12-14 hours a day six days a week and the only computer we had was the system that sent the orders into the kitchen.
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