CompuServe
Also known as CIS, CompuServe Information Service
CompuServe, Inc. (CompuServe Information Service, Inc., also known by its initialism CIS or later CSi) was an American Internet company that provided the first major commercial online service. It opened in 1969 in Columbus, Ohio, 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.
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- Company.name
- CompuServe, Inc.
- Company.logo
- CompuServe wordmark.svg
- Company.image
- Aerial Views of CompuServe Corporate Headquarters 2 crop.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Former corporate headquarters in Columbus, Ohio
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.foundation
- (as Compu-Serv Network, Inc.)
- Company.industry
- Internet and communications
- Company.products
- Online services, ISP
- Company.location
- Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
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Official website
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33 sectionsContents
- Company history and development of the service
- Founding
- Technology
- CIS
- Newspapers
- Selling connectivity
- File transfers
- CCAC
- Internet
- Acquisitions
- Software and features
- User IDs and e-mail addresses
- Custom portals
- CompuServe GUIs
- TapCIS
- CIM and WinCIM
- OzCIS and OzWIN
- AutoSIG
- VisCIS
- Software applications
- FILe Generator and Editor (FILGE)
- Market share
- Legal cases
- See also
- WOW! service
- Wow.com domain
- AOL acquisition and post–1997 history
- 2006–present
- International operations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
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