CompuServe

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title: CompuServe
text: CompuServe, Inc. was an American online service, the first major commercial one in the world. It opened in 1969 as a timesharing and remote access service marketed to corporations. After a successful 1979 venture selling otherwise under-utilized after-hours time to Radio Shack customers, the system was opened to the public, roughly the same time as The Source. H&R Block bought the company in 1980 and began to more aggressively advertise the service. CompuServe dominated the industry during the 1
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description: 1969–2009 American online service provider
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompuServe
date created: 2002-08-29T19:10:38Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T22:42:02Z
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