45 Years Ago CompuServe Connected the World Before the World Wide Web 🌐

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Summary:

  1. CompuServe, founded in 1969 in Ohio, pioneered online services by providing early access to email, online newspapers, and file sharing, long before the World Wide Web became popular.

  2. The company was recognized recently with a historical marker in Upper Arlington, celebrating its role as the first major online information service provider and its impact on digital communication.

  3. Despite facing competition from AOL and Prodigy, CompuServe remains a key player in tech history, shaping how people interacted online and introducing many to the concept of using computers for communication.

Read more at: wosu.org

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Hi, @TheJoker
Thank you very much for this post
I’m 69 years old and I start to use Compuserv in 1987, my first email was from Compuserv

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