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What happened to Compuserve?
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David Farquhar
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Sept. 8, 2026, 11:35 a.m.
retro computing
internet-history
Online Services
Compuserve
Dial-up modems
Summary
This blog post discusses the history of Compuserve, an online service for dial-up modems that operated from the 1970s to the 1990s, explaining its role in online communication before the internet became widely accessible.
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