So long, CompuServe.
July 4th, 2009 | Published in General
73077,1601. That was my CompuServe member number. As a BBS user, CompuServe was my introduction to the more global world that eventually be surpassed by the Internet. I never did get AOL – and I tried Prodigy for its graphical interface, but CompuServe was always home for me.
Oh, and by the way – GIF is pronounced “JIF”. The pronunciation was actually embedded in the original GIF file format.
