CompuServe RIP

I figured CompuServe was long gone. But no... CompuServe Requiem.

The original CompuServe service, first offered in 1979, was shut down by its current owner, AOL this past week. The service, which provided its users addresses such as 73402,3893, was the first major online service although the number of users has dwindled in recent years. At its height, the service boasted about having over half a million users simultaneously on line.

And one of them was me!