[Coco] **JUNK** An interesting article...

[Kandur]

My Coco-1 came with a sealed pouch containing a Copuserve account number, password
and 2 hours of free connection time via a local telephone number. 
Nnaturally I had to join some forums right there and then. :)
Kandur | 28 Aug 18:49 2014 
Curtis Boyle's Compuserve OS-9 Forum dumps
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.tandy.coco/80376 

Kandur

Friday, October 31, 2014, 8:57:15 PM, you wrote:
> Yep. My account on CIS was 76576,2064

> Time flies, and the stupidities we remember...

> Tony
> tonym at compusource.net


> ---- Original Message ----
> From: wdg3rd at comcast.net
> Sent: 10/31/2014 9:58:43 PM
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] **JUNK** An interesting article...

> Very definitely CompuServe.  I remember that exact list of newspapers.  It
> was one of the first things we demonstrated on Vidtex (whether the Coco
> cripple terminal with built-in 300 bps modem or the software on the Mod One/3,
> the Mod 2 or the Coco cartridge (everything 300 bps when I started at RS). 
> CompuServe was just a way for H&R Block to spin off their excess CPU capacity
> during the off-season at first.  A bunch of DEC systems, and the account numbers were octal.

> Ward Griffiths

> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 3:38:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] **JUNK** An interesting article...

>> Yes, that was definitely CompuServe.  I loved the picture of the guy
>> identified as "Richard Halloran---Owns Home Computer".

>> Art

>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optonline.net>
>> wrote:

>> > There’s not only a Coco in here, but a Model I as well. Definitely NOT the
>> > internet, most likely a fledgling Compuserve given the Columbus Ohio
>> > location.
>> >
>> >
>> > http://news.yahoo.com/yourself-favor-watch-hilarious-1981-tv-report-internet-172038755.html
>> >
>> > -[ Al ]-
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