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koØm
01-01-2018, 09:45 PM
Have you ever had a CompuServe account?

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WZ7U
01-01-2018, 09:48 PM
No sir, before my time I think. I remember the nightmare that was AOL.
n6hcm
01-01-2018, 10:08 PM
yeah, sure. obvs it's been a while ... i never liked how they stuck with PPNs long after everyone else gave them up.
KJ3N
01-01-2018, 11:45 PM
Have you ever had a CompuServe account?

Long ago in a galaxy far, far away....
PA5COR
01-02-2018, 04:53 AM
Long time back 2400 Baud modems etc...
K4PIH
01-02-2018, 10:01 AM
The nightmare that was AOL has been bought by Verizon, and all Verizon email has been off loaded to AOL. Now it's full of pop-up adds and crap that just makes the whole experience horrible.
KG4CGC
01-03-2018, 02:44 AM
1989 to 1991. Two friends had it. First friend was playing chess with a guy in Russia for 1 dollar a minute. He'd make a move, shut it off, then check back the next day and make another move.
Other friend played fantasy league sports, just like they do today. Left the connection on overnight one time. The bill wasn't pretty.
n2ize
01-03-2018, 02:40 PM
I never had Compuserve. I re member them early on as a large commercial BBS more so than an ISP. There were also a lot of free dial-in BBS's in those days. Remember X,Y and Z modem ? Remember the "kermit" protocol on Linux ? I did have AOL for a short while and soon after switched over to a small local dialup ISP.