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What happened to Compuserve?

· David Farquhar · 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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