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24 Sep 2009 10:13

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Tech: Remember Compuserve, nerds? It just hit a historic anniversary.

  • The year Compuserve launched – 30 years ago today, in fact. source
  • The initial modem speed, in baud, you could access the iconic service. source
  • Percentage of users’ time spent on the popular CB, or chat, service. source
  • The year AOL finally killed Compuserve’s iconic service. Sigh. source

29 Jan 2009 16:49

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Tech: Reading the newspaper online in 1981 was possible. Really.

People actually waited two hours (at $5 an hour) to download the news on Compuserve. LOL. source