#Compuserve

[70sscifiart]

A CompuServe ad from the August 1988 issue of OMNI magazine.

[fuzzyghost]

[commodorez]

Mosaic in a Box: The #1 Internet product for Windows (if it's 1995)

[retroness-is-fabulous]

[uchihanitro]

Compuserve 3.0.1

[never-obsolete]

Computer Gaming World - March 1994 CompuServe

[vintagegeekculture]

Compuserve was an early, very popular internet service provider for dialup in the 80s and 90s. Most of the customers were early adopters.

[periodically80s]

[retrocgads]

UK 1998

[thefugitivesaint]

''Omni'', #10, Oct. 1982 Come, sit closer children and let me tell you of the time of "dial-up" internet service. Oh, not interested in this old man's stories are you? Well, I seem to have forgotten the impatience of youth. Run along then. Just know this! CompuServe created the GIF format. Ah, caught your attention have I? Do I observe a look of doubt? Be AWAY with your skepticism. Leave this old man to his memories. Yes, yes, I DID start this conversation but NOW I'M ENDING IT!

[idreamofeletricsheep]

[longtallglasses]

conversations I, (24) have with my boss, (65)

me: -but there’s more, because at the same there was CompuServe which was originally marketed to businesses for quick communication, and business stuff I don’t care about, but then they expanded and introduced a personal-use service that you accessed via phone line, and you could hook it up to most monitors even TVs. It really helped lay the foundation of what the internet was to become. Online chat forums, games, a search engine, you really see its influence everywhere in future internet providers…

her: … Oh, well, well that’s interesting, but like I said I think you’re only gonna need to use Excel for this.

me: Now Excel is interesting because as it is now completely ubiquitous with spreadsheets, and it was a groundbreaking piece of programming at the time of its release, it was actually Lotus 1-2-3 and Visi- *and I’m shot*

[fuzzyghost]

[gameraboy2]

"CompuServe - only 5 dollars per hour!" 1981 ad

[boredtechnologist]

Sealed Compuserve Tandy edition

[krjpalmer]

This ad was from the October 1997 issue of MacUser.