airdvr 210 #1 July 3, 2009 remember baud rates and an ID number? http://paperpc.blogspot.com/2009/06/compuserve-classic-so-long-old-friend.htmlPlease don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #2 July 3, 2009 Ahhh...the good ol' days...Compuserve, Prodigy, TeleNET (SprintNET)....etc...and I'm a youngin' in the realm of the old services. I was a TeleNET user back in the day...So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #3 July 3, 2009 Don't forget Gopher So long compusuxDivot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #4 July 3, 2009 It will live on in a new version. I used to hang out there in AVSIG (Aviation Special Interest Group) before there was ever a Dropzone.com. Paid for connect time by the minute, which got expensive. So there was an off-line reader you could get that would sign-on, download all new messages, then sign off, which usually took only a couple of minutes. Then you read the messages off-line on your own computer, and compose your replies off-line. Finally, you would use the off-line reader to sign back on again and upload all your replies - in and out in a minute. All of that kept your expenses down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #5 July 3, 2009 I used to have to work on a Compuserve VPN or virtual private network for the youngsters. It was like a long secure toothpick sized tube inside the narrow bandwidth of Compuserve which I would equate to a drinking straw in diameter. If I had anything larger than half a meg to download I'd go to bed and hope that it would stay online long enough to get it done (rarely). bad memories there... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
