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CompuServe

American online service provider

Companybusiness enterprise subsidiary companyQ1122074

Also known as CIS · CompuServe Information Service

Founded: 1969
Headquarters: Columbus
Country: United States
Industry: telecommunications
Parent: Yahoo Inc.(since 2017)
, AOL(1998–2017)
Website: compuserve.com

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CompuServe, Inc. 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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TThe Source1978 · online service provider

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Product or material produced: online service provider
Child organization or unit: The Source(1978–1989)
Archives at: Computer History Museum
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1.computerhistory.org/blog/mission-impossible-chm-edition/
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Dissolved: July 6, 2009

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