drslash
Goya Asma
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join:2002-02-18
Marion, IA | 300bps modems
300bps modems and the CB chat channels.
/nostalgia |
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dcurrey
Premium
join:2004-06-29 | Wow
Didn't know they still existed in any form.
That was my first online experience. Followed by GEnie yea the good old days. |
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banditws6
Shrinking Time and Distance
join:2001-08-18
Naples, FL
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1 edit | Farewell Guys
I used CompuServe for a number of years beginning back in 1993. Spent most of my time on the ACTION and APOGEE (later REALMS) forums talking about Doom, Wolfenstein and all those other action games of the day. Was up late at night there chatting with the 3D Realms crew as they were releasing Duke Nukem 3-D shareware in January of 1996.
There's really no reason for anything like CompuServe to exist today, but back in the day, I couldn't live without it.
I wouldn't say I'll miss CompuServe, but I'll remember it fondly.
Edit: As an example of the near-endless lifespan of things you put on the Internet, I just Googled my old CompuServe ID (the comma-separated numeric, before they went with real usernames) and found some PC game cheat codes I submitted to a forum in 1994 posted on some Russian website. ...Whoa. |
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Justin024
@bankofamerica.com | Yea I share the same nostalgia for Prodigy. |
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ahulett
Life Without Walls
Premium
join:2003-02-02
Bellevue, WA | So long, and thanks for all the fish.
I still remember my ID: 70413,2707
and my password (no, you're not getting it).
Bye CompuServe...
GO HISTORICALLY |
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banditws6
Shrinking Time and Distance
join:2001-08-18
Naples, FL
·Comcast
| said by ahulett  :GO HISTORICALLY Nice. 
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syslock
Premium
join:2007-02-03
Ann Arbor, MI
clubs: | reply to ahulett
The free-demo account was great.
Wrote some code to suck the current weather report
for my PCBoard BBS each hour back in the day.
Thanks for the use of the system!
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
| reply to banditws6
Re: Farewell Guys
I used both Compuserve & Prodigy. Both predated the World Wide Web.
Here are all the online service prior to WWW becoming an acronym everyone now knows:
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:P···services
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My BLOG .. .. Internet News .. .. My Web Page |
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travelguy
join:1999-09-03
Santa Fe, NM
1 edit | reply to banditws6
said by banditws6 :I just Googled my old CompuServe ID (the comma-separated numeric Dot separated, otherwise known as a PPN or Project Programmer Number. An artifact of the DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) computers originally used to host the Compuserve software. Not Vaxen, but Dec10s and Dec20s. And if memory serves, they converted over to OS2 based systems at one point, at least for the forums.
People forget how powerful and useful forums were at the time. The only competitor was The Well out of San Francisco, but they were a bit esoteric even for the geeks of the time and never broke out of their niche.
I recall talking to an upper level manager at Compuserve once to see if I could arrange to license the forum software for an internal company project. He literally laughed out loud and said they would never do such a thing. If we wanted to use that software it would have to be as a private forum hosted on their computers.
And my CIS PPN is also still floating around in a lot of places. |
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jacour
join:2001-12-11
Ypsilanti, MI
·Comcast
| Fond memories
I used to travel internationally, a lot, and Compuserve used what I think is now the UUnet backbone. I could get connected from any city in the world and it was great!
Broadband is wonderful but I miss listening to my creaky old dial-up handshake. RIP. |
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BabyBear
Keep wise ...with Night-Owl
join:2007-01-11
1 edit | *Sniff* *Sniff*
Ahh, Yes can it really have been 25 years already. Shesh. 300 Baud modem on my TRS-80 connected via the Videotex (pretty sure that was name of Terminal software)ROM pack.
$6 an hour fee for "CB Simulator" chat and NWS weather forceasts. Videotex didn't have graphics support so couldn't dl radar images only text.  Remember getting bills some months of $100 or more. Ack!
Still remember my password. Just not my ID probably still around somewhere probably stored away with my stash of "Rainbow" magazines.
Edit: Modem Speed |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Ahhh nostalgia.......
I remember when I started using them, in 2000..... Weren't too bad for dial up back then. Ahh memories. |
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koitsu
Premium
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA | reply to BabyBear
Re: *Sniff* *Sniff*
I mirror your sentiments, although I was more familiar with Prodigy. Ahh old times... |
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jerseyjoe123
join:2008-04-28
Picton, ON | Re: Compuserve Classic Says Goodnight
Definitely the end of an era long past. I was a Compuserve member a long time ago. It and Q-Link (the old Commodore BBS) were two of my favorite haunts back in the early 80s. |
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Bitwise
@cgocable.net
 from:
CO_Chris
| My ISP is trying to preserve history
Not to worry, billing by the unit is coming to an ISP near you! |
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Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL | I did not know they still offered service.
 I remember using Compuserve from 1984 until 1992 to obtain price quotes for Telephone Systems from our suppliers. It was a big day when they upgraded from 1200Bps to 2400Bps modems. |
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kieranmullen
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join:2005-12-12
Portland, OR
clubs:
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·Skype
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·magicjack.com
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·Vonage
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| $300 bill!
Will not miss the $300 bill I got in 1995 or so for various parts of compuserve on my 9600 bps modem! (I had a 300 bps modem too. I wonder what happened to it)
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Mark H
Premium
join:2008-05-18
Sterling Heights, MI | Long time ago ...
There was even a magazine out there called Boardwatch.
What ever happened to it? |
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Corydon
Cultivant son jardin
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join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
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| reply to jacour
Re: Fond memories
Just for you:
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgqEIp2Y···out.com/
(And yes, there was something very cool about listening to the handshake as you jumped on your favorite BBS or connected to your shell account at the local university to see what was up on USENET)
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"Religion allows people who would otherwise be arguing about whether the Death Star could beat a Borg Cube to have a place of respect within society." |
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dathing
join:2002-01-09
Sykesville, MD
1 edit | Byte Magazine
Fun to remember. I still have a pile of Byte magazines from the same period. I was just clearing out the basement the other day and couldn't bring myself to throw them all out. I wound up saving the cover page artwork of each issue. |
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