CompuServe Before AOL
In short: How CompuServe turned idle evening mainframe time into a commercial consumer service with email, message boards and special interest groups, documented by 1989.
A 1:59 short film in the series “Being Social Online”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: WOSU Public Media (Curious Cbus series), “45 years ago CompuServe connected the world before the World Wide Web”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Computer - Home Use, Microprocessors, Software | Britannica”; ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, “ERIC - EJ408954 - CompuServe's SIGs: On the Frontier of Civilized Searching., Database, 1989”.
Sources used in this film
- WOSU Public Media (Curious Cbus series) — 45 years ago CompuServe connected the world before the World Wide Web · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Computer - Home Use, Microprocessors, Software | Britannica · View →
- ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education — ERIC - EJ408954 - CompuServe's SIGs: On the Frontier of Civilized Searching., Database, 1989 · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: WOSU Public Media (Curious Cbus series): 45 years ago CompuServe connected the world before the World Wide Web
- Also: Computer - Home Use, Microprocessors, Software | Britannica
- Also: ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education: ERIC - EJ408954 - CompuServe's SIGs: On the Frontier of Civilized Searching., Database, 1989
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