Everyone else is accessing this through Prodigy, right? Doesn’t seem like a CompuServe crowd 🤨
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Everyone else is accessing this through Prodigy, right? Doesn’t seem like a CompuServe crowd 🤨
And the fact that he never talked about what he worked on. Other than fun arguments about PL/1 vs C.
Online was bad in the age of BBS systems and Compuserve/GENIE/BIX/AOL/Usenet.
It's worse now. More people. Who either are idiots and don't believe in reality or are trolls who enjoy the carnage.
Online was bad in the age of BBS systems and Compuserve/GENIE/BIX/AOL/Usenet.
It's worse now. More people. Who either are idiots and don't believe in reality or are trolls who enjoy the carnage.
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
And the fact that he never talked about what he worked on. Other than fun arguments about PL/1 vs C.
Online was bad in the age of BBS systems and Compuserve/GENIE/BIX/AOL/Usenet.
It's worse now. More people. Who either are idiots and don't believe in reality or are trolls who enjoy the carnage.
Online was bad in the age of BBS systems and Compuserve/GENIE/BIX/AOL/Usenet.
It's worse now. More people. Who either are idiots and don't believe in reality or are trolls who enjoy the carnage.
I will never forget the time I was trying to log onto my grandma’s PC @ 4 years old, while she was on a phone call, and could hear her voice coming through the speakers after CompuServe attempted to dial in but failed b/c of the open line.
I was CONVINCED she was a witch lmfao
I was CONVINCED she was a witch lmfao
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I will never forget the time I was trying to log onto my grandma’s PC @ 4 years old, while she was on a phone call, and could hear her voice coming through the speakers after CompuServe attempted to dial in but failed b/c of the open line.
I was CONVINCED she was a witch lmfao
I was CONVINCED she was a witch lmfao
The other big ones were sort of spin offs from newspapers styles, Salon.com personals, Craigslist, and for the tech crowd Compuserve and Usenet. Never understood why media blew that business model. It made money. Match was the first that we would recognize as as similar to Hinge or OKCupid today.
Salon.com - News, Politics, Culture, Science & Food
Salon.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The other big ones were sort of spin offs from newspapers styles, Salon.com personals, Craigslist, and for the tech crowd Compuserve and Usenet. Never understood why media blew that business model. It made money. Match was the first that we would recognize as as similar to Hinge or OKCupid today.
Bin bei CompuServe 🤷
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Bin bei CompuServe 🤷
iirc $15 usage credit amounts to about three hours logged in- we had compuserve growing up, and i got to have two half hours per week on it, since it was metered by the hour
mostly i spent the whole time downloading text files to read later, especially video game FAQs
mostly i spent the whole time downloading text files to read later, especially video game FAQs
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
iirc $15 usage credit amounts to about three hours logged in- we had compuserve growing up, and i got to have two half hours per week on it, since it was metered by the hour
mostly i spent the whole time downloading text files to read later, especially video game FAQs
mostly i spent the whole time downloading text files to read later, especially video game FAQs
also: in the back of the manual, it looks like they made a deal to promote dialup internet service CompuServe? it seems like they didn't make the deal with the company, but rather, with sales representative #368
November 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
also: in the back of the manual, it looks like they made a deal to promote dialup internet service CompuServe? it seems like they didn't make the deal with the company, but rather, with sales representative #368
there was an active scene on CompuServe around hex editing Epic Megagames’ One Must Fall: 2027 to make the fighting robots’ colors prettier
until i decoded its data file format and pulled it apart using a hex editor and the audacity of 16 year olds who weren't told that something was hard, only to find that they forgot to package dk_atk.wav
once i built a new data file (with a sound effect ripped from doom), it worked like a charm
once i built a new data file (with a sound effect ripped from doom), it worked like a charm
November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
there was an active scene on CompuServe around hex editing Epic Megagames’ One Must Fall: 2027 to make the fighting robots’ colors prettier
He's got stock in betamax, laserdisk and CompuServe
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
He's got stock in betamax, laserdisk and CompuServe
People constantly smoking everywhere, in every restaurant and everywhere else
Not being able to watch shows because you had the wrong cable company, or lived in the wrong area
Doing anything on the internet took forever and also "the internet" was just AOL or compuserve or prodigy or whatever
Not being able to watch shows because you had the wrong cable company, or lived in the wrong area
Doing anything on the internet took forever and also "the internet" was just AOL or compuserve or prodigy or whatever
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
People constantly smoking everywhere, in every restaurant and everywhere else
Not being able to watch shows because you had the wrong cable company, or lived in the wrong area
Doing anything on the internet took forever and also "the internet" was just AOL or compuserve or prodigy or whatever
Not being able to watch shows because you had the wrong cable company, or lived in the wrong area
Doing anything on the internet took forever and also "the internet" was just AOL or compuserve or prodigy or whatever
But Biden stuttered. And Hillary Clinton was caught sharing tomato bisque recipes on CompuServe.
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
But Biden stuttered. And Hillary Clinton was caught sharing tomato bisque recipes on CompuServe.
I was a Sysop on the Compuserve SciFi forum back in the day. I definitely remember you talking about Captain Power in general when it was airing. I specifically remember you comparing how the death of Tasha Yar was handled in comparison to how you did Pilot's death.
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I was a Sysop on the Compuserve SciFi forum back in the day. I definitely remember you talking about Captain Power in general when it was airing. I specifically remember you comparing how the death of Tasha Yar was handled in comparison to how you did Pilot's death.
this was a huge boon like most of the open web- prior to this I would get FAQs off of CompuServe, limited to the selection of ones with authors who also used CompuServe
VGFA collected FAQs across the walled gardens into one spot on the web, and was an incredible move forward
VGFA collected FAQs across the walled gardens into one spot on the web, and was an incredible move forward
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
this was a huge boon like most of the open web- prior to this I would get FAQs off of CompuServe, limited to the selection of ones with authors who also used CompuServe
VGFA collected FAQs across the walled gardens into one spot on the web, and was an incredible move forward
VGFA collected FAQs across the walled gardens into one spot on the web, and was an incredible move forward
I'm holding off until we hear from CompuServe
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I'm holding off until we hear from CompuServe
Compuserve 2.0.1 in 1995
#RetroTech #90sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech
#RetroTech #90sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Compuserve 2.0.1 in 1995
#RetroTech #90sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech
#RetroTech #90sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech
Michael's thread is interesting in its own right, but also worth noting this story downpage in the Telegraph spread he shares, as the UK internet firms, led by the unassailable Compuserve, pledge to ban access to porn, with Congress set to bring in a legal ban in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Michael's thread is interesting in its own right, but also worth noting this story downpage in the Telegraph spread he shares, as the UK internet firms, led by the unassailable Compuserve, pledge to ban access to porn, with Congress set to bring in a legal ban in the US.
I used to play a game on Compuserve called British Legends. It was the American port of Richard Bartle’s original MUD. Anyway, permadeath was a big part of the game as players tried to survive long enough to make “Witch” or “Wizard” and achieve immortality… 1/2
November 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I used to play a game on Compuserve called British Legends. It was the American port of Richard Bartle’s original MUD. Anyway, permadeath was a big part of the game as players tried to survive long enough to make “Witch” or “Wizard” and achieve immortality… 1/2
Didn't I see this headline and article with blockchain and bitcoin and the app economy and Tokens not fungable and CompuServe and Betamax at Erols? Investment getting stale again?
November 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Didn't I see this headline and article with blockchain and bitcoin and the app economy and Tokens not fungable and CompuServe and Betamax at Erols? Investment getting stale again?
If those CDs are still accessible, what treasure! I had CompuServe Litforum posts on disks that were a delight.
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If those CDs are still accessible, what treasure! I had CompuServe Litforum posts on disks that were a delight.
They could have just left CompuServe alone, before becoming this.
October 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
They could have just left CompuServe alone, before becoming this.
We had CompuServe
October 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We had CompuServe
I had heard that about CompuServe.
October 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I had heard that about CompuServe.
In June 1987 CompuServe introduced the GIF image format, enabling compact animated and indexed‑color images that became a web staple for expression, memes, and lightweight graphics across early online communities and modern social platforms #ITHistory
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In June 1987 CompuServe introduced the GIF image format, enabling compact animated and indexed‑color images that became a web staple for expression, memes, and lightweight graphics across early online communities and modern social platforms #ITHistory
CompuServe was great till they weren’t. I had trouble connecting and help people hung up on me 3 times when they didn’t want to deal with me. I remember I was 14014,1341
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
CompuServe was great till they weren’t. I had trouble connecting and help people hung up on me 3 times when they didn’t want to deal with me. I remember I was 14014,1341
Something else was growing at the same time as my fame as a writer took off.
At first, they called it the World Wide Web but soon they changed it to the Internet.
I experimented with Prodigy and CompuServe, two early Internet companies.
At first, they called it the World Wide Web but soon they changed it to the Internet.
I experimented with Prodigy and CompuServe, two early Internet companies.
October 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Something else was growing at the same time as my fame as a writer took off.
At first, they called it the World Wide Web but soon they changed it to the Internet.
I experimented with Prodigy and CompuServe, two early Internet companies.
At first, they called it the World Wide Web but soon they changed it to the Internet.
I experimented with Prodigy and CompuServe, two early Internet companies.