Comments on: CompuServe Requiem

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:33:36 +0000

Hi, I am trying to see if I can use wirelessly use compuserve and am surprised to find that they shut down compuserve. I use it every day as a dial-up. hmmmmmm. Thanks! Jan

By: Same Three Guys

Same Three Guys — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:51:24 +0000

[...] rumors of its demise long ago, it wasn’t until last week that the CompuServe service was shut down. Bought by AOL in 1998, CompuServe was the Internet before there was an Internet. Remember those [...]

By: RIP – CompuServe « The Daily Ping

RIP – CompuServe « The Daily Ping — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:19:05 +0000

[...] and gents, this week AOL shut down CompuServe for good. While I was a GEnie user myself, I can’t deny the allure of those CompuServe ads back when I [...]

By: Hongkie Town » Blog Archive » Compuserve R.I.P.

Hongkie Town » Blog Archive » Compuserve R.I.P. — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:43:33 +0000

[...] has finally shut down. And a tear comes to my eye. From here: The original CompuServe service, first offered in 1979, was shut down this past week by its [...]

By: Ursula

Ursula — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:47:09 +0000

You gifted me with many friends, CIS. Even though I left you a long time ago, that soft spot for you will always be in my heart. I’m gonna go shed a tear or two now.

R.I.P. Compuserve.

Ursula
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Compuserve shuts down | linkthe.com — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:47:33 +0000

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By: Doug D

Doug D — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:52:52 +0000

I joined while in the Army in Wiesbaden, Germany in 1991. I convinced my dad in Wisconsin to drop Prodigy in favor of Compuserve so we could chat…. CB/ email. We still talk about how amazing it was to be able to communicate in seconds around the world. Saved tons of long distance phone time.

My dad bought a new 1200 baud modem and sent me his old one…. My brother in WI knew a guy from HAM radio who just moved to Germany to be the Dell Computer Salesman; he gave me his phone number and the guy offered to drive from Rhien Mein to Wiesban to help….. talk about a small world.

By: Soucieuse[HELPER]

Soucieuse[HELPER] — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:29:17 +0000

I started using my husband’s CIS account in 1991 and found the CB Simulator. I opened up my own in 1993 and a few months later became a helper, running trivia games, answering questions about cb and monitoring behavior. Those were fun times. I am still in contact with many of the past users over on dalnet and also on the cb page on Facebook that Sky mentioned up above.
I still use my CompuServe email address as my main email. I should say, “used to”. I have been unsuccessful in getting help from CompuServe to migrate my email to their webmail system. Apparently they can’t figure out how to do it if your alphanumeric address contains underscores. I really really hate to give up that email. I guess I’ll keep calling India for help. Maybe if I harass them daily…

Soucieuse/Souci/Suesan
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By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:08:00 +0000

I was swindled on ebay by some crook using a pager account. Mofo was stunned when I got his contact info and paid a visit lol! Phone Search

By: Duck

Duck — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:23:56 +0000

Wow! Reading this was like a walk down memory lane with a good group of friends. This happened while I was on vacation. I started out on a Commodore 128 and 300 baud modem on a Tymnet node in North Dakota back in 1987 or so. I sysopped in the Health & Fitness Forum, Diabetes, Cancer and finally, Crafts. I still poke my head in over in Diabetes, Travel and Seniors fora.

Debra Freisleben (duck)
71620,1025
76702,1776