Compuserve Classic - Still online..

[jfalcon]

I recently rediscovered that Compuserve is still running their text based environment under Compuserve "Classic". Anyone know what the current connection charges are and all that stuff? I do know you can access it via the internet by telnet to telnet://gateway.compuserve.com

[Tempest]

Neat! Now if only I had a Compuserve ID...

 

Tempest

[jfalcon]

What's neat is that the good old "GO PHONES" is still running.

 

From the User ID: type 77770,101

 

It will barf out ?? LOGSTU - System temporarily unavailable

 

Then just type "PHONES" without quotes at the next User ID: prompt.

[Tempest]

What's neat is that the good old "GO PHONES" is still running.

 

From the User ID: type 77770,101

 

It will barf out ?? LOGSTU - System temporarily unavailable

 

Then just type "PHONES" without quotes at the next User ID: prompt.

 

Interesting. I wish I knew more about Compuserve. Sadly I didn't really get online until the dawn of the Internet era (94-95ish).

 

Tempest

[Albert]

Wow, man, that brings back memories. Amazing that it's still online!!! I also wish I still had an account I could play with..

 

..Al

[jfalcon]

Wow, man, that brings back memories. Amazing that it's still online!!! I also wish I still had an account I could play with..

 

..Al

 

Yeah, I might call over here in a few to the Australia tech support line (via VoIP) and see if it's all the same. According to the Indian tech I called stateside, it's all still pretty much there but he didn't quote me info because their "classic" department was having phone issues.

[ijor]

Wow, man, that brings back memories. Amazing that it's still online!!! I also wish I still had an account I could play with..

 

I might still have those Compuserve/Bix/Genie offers that came with old modems. Wonder if they are still valid

[mos6507]

That's mindblowing. In wonder about GEnie and Delphi?? I used both of those.

[jfalcon]

That's mindblowing. In wonder about GEnie and Delphi?? I used both of those.

 

Delphi I believe is still running. I'll have to look at some stuff I'm putting together about X.25. But Genie is long gone according to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEnie

[+remowilliams]

Holy crap that is amazing that any of this stuff exists anymore!

 

But still, I'll never again play Orb Wars.

 

[Albert]

Wow, man, that brings back memories. Amazing that it's still online!!! I also wish I still had an account I could play with..

 

I might still have those Compuserve/Bix/Genie offers that came with old modems. Wonder if they are still valid

I wish I had saved some of those. Would be amazing if they still worked..

 

..Al

[+kisrael]

Wow, man, that brings back memories. Amazing that it's still online!!! I also wish I still had an account I could play with..

 

I might still have those Compuserve/Bix/Genie offers that came with old modems. Wonder if they are still valid

I wish I had saved some of those. Would be amazing if they still worked..

 

..Al

Heh. I missed out on Compuserve, but I (weirdly) read a thorough book on it, talking about all the CB Channels and all of that

[Prodos8]

Never used Compuserve, but did used to dial-up "The Source" on my TI-99/4a computer and download lots of goodies.

[+remowilliams]

I wish I had saved some of those. Would be amazing if they still worked..

I've got to have at least a couple of those in all these retro game boxes.

[+kheller2]

I wish I had saved some of those. Would be amazing if they still worked..

I've got to have at least a couple of those in all these retro game boxes.

 

 

I think the XMM301 modem had them as well... Hmm.. going to dig that up.

[oesii]

I was on Compuserve in the mid '80s for only a little bit until I got hooked by local BBS's. I remember carefully metering my monthly minutes so the parents didn't complain too much

[telengard]

That's mindblowing. In wonder about GEnie and Delphi?? I used both of those.

 

Both great services, as well as Compuserve. I miss them. Gonna fire up telnet right now and try Compuserve.

Ran up *huge* phone bills back in the 80s.

 

~telengard

[BydoEmpire]

That IS amazing. I *think* I subscribed to Compuserve very briefly, I can't quite remember. I got my first modem for the Amiga 500 (1200 baud - it SCREAMED!), but I mostly did local BBS's. Never had a modem for my 8 bit computers.