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09-26-2008, 08:02 PM | #1 |
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CIS, 1st of its kind, "born" 24 Sept. 1979
I happened to glance at one of those "this date in history" features in a newspaper from two days back and one of the items was that September 24, 1979 was when Compuserve began, the first online information service.
I don't think I have ever before known a specific date for it, just the year. Just thought I'd mention it since if it wasn't for that grandaddy of all online services we wouldn't be here today. |
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09-27-2008, 08:43 AM | #3 |
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And the two of us even later, November 24, 1989.
Posted my first question in the Mac hardware forum and had an answer by the next morning from Lofty Becker. I was thrilled. |
09-27-2008, 12:41 PM | #4 |
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I posted mine in the Mac software forum and also received a reply from Lofty.
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09-27-2008, 01:19 PM | #5 | |
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Someone on MAUG then said that he (or maybe someone else) had recently spied a very odd-looking box-shaped computer with a built-in Lisa-like WYSIWYG display in a hotel suite at a computer show. That person suggested I would want to wait and get that — the Mac, of course — instead of an old Lisa. And when it came out, that is exactly what I did. __________________ [SIZE=2][COLOR=LemonChiffon]::[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] |
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09-27-2008, 01:42 PM | #6 |
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I stopped using the MAUG forums after I asked a question about Hypercard and was told by Larry that it was a stupid question. I continued to use CIS off and on, but came back for good when DTP started. Dial-up was horrendously expensive here, so I had to ration myself for many years.
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09-27-2008, 01:50 PM | #7 |
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Funny when I think about it now, you used to see all sorts of flames about "wasting bandwidth with stupid questions". "Don't ask questions on the forum if you can find the answers in a book!" (!!!!!) I saw this more than once on the CIS Science/Math forum in the early days (for me, which was about 1992).
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They seemed to think that the information they had was like platinum — of incredible value, anyway — and that it would be diminished if they divulged it. There are web groups that follow that style, but not all, thank goodness! __________________ [SIZE=2][COLOR=LemonChiffon]::[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] |
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Yup: I'm sitting on an oil drilling location in Saskatchewan, with a chronically overloaded satellite dish internet connection. The 136 MB download--assuming it would even complete (it wouldn't)--would take hours. A few days ago, in a momentary lapse of judgement, I rashly attempted to download the FMP 9 upgrade, which quickly brought me to my senses. 10.5.5 (and FMP 9) can wait 'til I get home.
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