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Yavin4
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Tue Jan-04-11 10:41 AM Original message |
There Was CompuServe and America Online (AOL). Wasn't There Another Very Early Online Service? |
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HopeHoops
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Tue Jan-04-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Shortly afterwards, there was Prodigy, but it sucked all along. |
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Yavin4
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Tue Jan-04-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. THAT'S IT!!!!!! |
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HopeHoops
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Tue Jan-04-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I've got a version 1 AOL floppy. |
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Yavin4
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Tue Jan-04-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Hang Onto It |
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HopeHoops
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Tue Jan-04-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I've thought about selling it on eBay. I've gotten some good prices for cool disks. |
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flvegan
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Tue Jan-04-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I used it, but only predominantly for its real-time stock ticker |
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jobycom
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Tue Jan-04-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Funny. I thought that about AOL and Compuserve. |
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HopeHoops
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Wed Jan-05-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Yeah, they sucked too, just not as badly. |
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NewJeffCT
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Tue Jan-04-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I think they had gone belly-up by the mid 90s |
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madinmaryland
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Tue Jan-04-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I got it in early 1995. I had it for about a year, until I moved and got internet access |
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rurallib
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Tue Jan-04-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Was prodigy the one that Sears hawked? |
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lunamagica
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Tue Jan-04-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. I loved CompuServe. It had great forums |
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CBGLuthier
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Tue Jan-04-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. The Source was one of the original |
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hayu_lol
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Tue Jan-04-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Before the internet... |
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DBoon
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Tue Jan-04-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Well? |
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pokerfan
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Tue Jan-04-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link |
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Pool Hall Ace
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Tue Jan-04-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. Wow, that brings back memories. |
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friendly_iconoclast
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Tue Jan-04-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. And let us not forget GEnie. |
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bbernardini
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Tue Jan-04-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I used GEnie. Always liked it better than Compuserve. No idea why. nt |
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GalleryGod
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Tue Jan-04-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Limbaugh used to pimp for compuserve-thus, I never went near it. |
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Redstone
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Tue Jan-04-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. And Apple's e-World. Which was an utter failure. |
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jannyk
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Wed Jan-05-11 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. and DELPHI which was my first - on my Apple IIc. nt |
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