If I remember correctly, I was 71340,356 on CI$ back in the day. - Mike Shulman

I am too young to know anything about this. - Mark

it was my first - Tom Searing from BuddyFeed

My first as well. Wow. - Craig Eddy

I learned to type faster & chat... remember the "CB" ? - Scarletcat

Never had a CompuServ account - I was on GEnie, loved their RoundTables. - Ranger Craig

As much as I wasn't even aware that Compuserve still 'existed,' I'm somehow sad to hear of its passing. It was my first online experience, I had good friends and strange experiences on the forums. Anyway, there's solace in the joys of the real-time web. - Brad Kligerman

I gave a talk last week comparing Compuserve's eventual absorption by the browser based Internet to how OpenSim -open-source, open-standard virtual worlds- will inevitably subsume Second Life and other walled gardens. - Brad Kligerman

I remember it well. EAASY Sabre... - James Schipper

I had an account in 1979 MicroNET/CompuServe... ah, with a Novation 300 Baud Acoustic Coupler...that would 'hiccup' if I played my music too loud (The 1200baud direct connect was awesome) I ran a few forums for various companies and went thru all of the versions of the software until AOL bought them. We didn't even have "CB" at first... we did have a programing area where someone made "Pony Express" to send/receive messages quickly from others. It was fun chatting with Roger Ebert who truly made me feel like he was listening. Also chatting with Cartooonist Bill Holbrook and even Rush Limbaugh was interesting. So long CompuServe Classic RIP - RAD Moose

Such a sad passing. I got my internet start in Compuserve. I maintained a CS account all these years too, hehe. - Barbara

Go read Techcrunch NOW. Oh my god Arrington, you have HUGE FUCKING BALLS. - Mark

I'm sorry, but why must we read TechCrunch so promptly. And they are not balls, they are testicles. - Zachary TG

:D - Mark

Ahh, goodbye from 75106,1624 ...how I still remember that, I'm not sure! - Mike Cassidy

ahh, goodbye 71260,45! the number I remember to this day.....just like mike I'm not sure either. It's kinda like your SS # or birthday. You'll never forget............ - Alex Marrow

First like most, I didn't even realize Compuserve was still around. I think I was about 12 when I first got on Compuserve. Like many it was my introduction to the Internet. I remember leaving for AOL, and being sort of sad, because Compuserve seemed cooler to me - Ken Goyette

compuserve _was_ cooler - Tyler Gillies

I remember compuserve. The was another similar service that started with P. Paragon, Paradise, Parallax, Prometheous, or something. What was that one? Got bought out by Sears? - SuezanneC Baskerville

Prodigy, baby. Prah di gee. They had the Sears catalog, I used a credit card to order some tools using a gopher-style menu and I thought that was pretty cool. - Brian Hendrickson

It sure was. My first time online was with Compuserve in 1980, right before H&R Block bought them. It was the only service that was available on the Amiga also. I just checked, and they're still in business. I had no idea they were around still. - Michael Fidler

Goodbye prisoner of war emails 802435.1299@compuserve.com - randulo

Also just remembered that you could send an email that CIS printed and sent as a letter to anyone in the USA. - randulo

You dudes probably should do a Moment of Silence! - ZuDfunck

RIP as it lays to rest with the faint whisper of a 21 dailup tone salute! - roger byrne

I spent bucketloads of my dad's money playing IoK. GO GAM-26. 72740,114. Good times. - Michael McKean

Heh, I wonder if the Mac OS X CompuServe application will still run on modern versions of Mac OS X under Rosetta. That might be "fun" in a masochistic way. - Tyson Key

I remember playing a text based space game on it for hours....and then the phone came and Dad said no more LOL. - John D Reasor

John, MegaWars III? - Michael McKean

If I remember correctly, I had GEnie, then CompuServe (72604,2235). - John E. Bredehoft

That's it yes MegaWars III thanks Michael I could not remember the name. - John D Reasor

Are all those discussions etc archived anywhere, or is this another bit of the early electronic era that's vanishing? - Ian Betteridge

I was a sysop for Computer Associates development forums back in the day 72103,1321 if I remember correctly - Bastard Operator From FF

Compuserve, Prodigy, and AOL...that were the good old days - Thomas Chai

You chaps and ladies must be old. I don't recall any of this. I was still shitting the bed in 1992. - Mark

wait, does this mean that GIFs are now public domain? who owns that IP now? - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

@Mark: i shat the bed in 1992 as well, but unfortunately it was cos i was fantastically DRUNK. :P - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

Wonder what Scoble is upto. - Mark

once upon a time, I was a section leader on CS, in their poetry forums - wow, that seems like forever ago - they were my first internet provider - William Harryman

I enjoyed Prodigy and then Byte magazine's BIX, where I was a moderator. Good times. - Steve Garfield