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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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.compuserve.com
Image: Aerial Views of CompuServe Corporate Headquarters 2 crop.jpg

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inception: 1969-01-01
Commons category: CompuServe
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2009-07-06

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Contents

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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