Rip Ci$

[expat]

Pardon me if we've all done this already.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07...t_down_by_aol/

CompuServe, the first commercially successful online and email provider in America, has been shut down by AOL after 30 years of service.

The original CompuServe — later renamed CompuServe Classic — was laid to rest July 1, 2009.

[Sysman]

Yikes. My first online account was with Compu$erve.

The trick to keep bills down was to get an offline reader.

[voodooflux]

Yikes. My first online account was with Compu$erve.

Same here, then I jumped ship to Demon.

It's important to note that CompuServe users will be able to convert their ridiculous classic 9 and 10-digit email addresses to the CompuServe 2000 service in order to retain their well-earned sense of superiority over youngster internet users everywhere. Nothing says stay off my lawn like [email protected]

[expat]

Yikes. My first online account was with Compu$erve.

The trick to keep bills down was to get an offline reader.

John C Dvorak's NavCIS.