Hello Ed!

** On Saturday 16.08.25 - 16:04, you wrote to Jcurtis:

Some years later I got a disk to try out Compuserve for a
half hour at no cost. I looked aound Compuserve and didn't
think it was worth paying for.

I used TapCIS:

"CompuServe's automated program to grab messages was called
TapCIS. It allowed users to manage their email accounts and
forum memberships more efficiently by enabling offline work and
automating the process of sending and receiving messages."

I tried to limited dialup to about 3 times a week at most.
Still.. my monthly bill seemed large. I don't remember my
total average online time.


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Re: Compuserve..
By: Ogg to Ed Vance on Sat Aug 16 2025 10:13 pm

Hello Ed!

** On Saturday 16.08.25 - 16:04, you wrote to Jcurtis:

Some years later I got a disk to try out Compuserve for a half hour
at no cost. I looked aound Compuserve and didn't think it was worth paying for.

I used TapCIS:

"CompuServe's automated program to grab messages was called TapCIS.
It allowed users to manage their email accounts and forum
memberships more efficiently by enabling offline work and automating
the process of sending and receiving messages."

I tried to limited dialup to about 3 times a week at most. Still..
my monthly bill seemed large. I don't remember my total average
online time.

compuserv took some getting used to. i did enjoy using it and it did get expensive. and in the cb chat there were of course people with big egos.
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I used TapCIS:

"CompuServe's automated program to grab messages was called
TapCIS. It allowed users to manage their email accounts and
forum memberships more efficiently by enabling offline work and
automating the process of sending and receiving messages."

I used CompuServe for years. I still remember the ID number and
password. I'm not sure if they're still around or not.

I tried to limited dialup to about 3 times a week at most.
Still.. my monthly bill seemed large. I don't remember my
total average online time.

Mine was a lot...but that was back under dial-up internet, as
it were. I used a Radio Shack MC-10 micro color computer, with
a 300 baud modem, and a TV set for a monitor. I downloaded quite
a few pieces of software...including 2 for the TRS-80 Model 100
laptop, for "the world's smallest BBS", and I ran that from
December 1990 through April 1992.

The two forums I remember being in were AVSIG (Aviation Special
Interest Group), and one on Trains, where the moderator noted
"Everything on a flanged wheel".

Daryl

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Daryl Stout wrote to Ogg <=-

I used CompuServe for years. I still remember the ID number and password. I'm not sure if they're still around or not.

I was 75300,1375@compuserve.com, don't know why I still remember that.


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I was 75300,1375@compuserve.com, don't know why I still
remember that.

I was 72716,2110@compuserve.com -- I don't know why I still
remember that.

No telling how much money I spent on that. :P

Are they even still in existence??

Daryl

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