Refimprove date June 2009 Infobox company company name CompuServe company logo Image Logo cs40.png company ... , United States USA homepage http www.compuserve.com www.compuserve.com CompuServeCompuServe Information ... than hourly rates. Since the purchase of CompuServe s Information Services Division by AOL, the CompuServe ... . The original CompuServe Information Service, later rebranded as CompuServe Classic, was shut down July 1, 2009. The newer version of the service, CompuServe 2000, continues to operate. History Founding CompuServe was founded in 1969 as Compu Serv Network, Inc. the earliest advertising shows the name ... president of CompuServe, the initial president was actually Dr. John R. Goltz. Goltz and Wilkins ... also recruited from the University of Arizona, including Sandy Trevor inventor of the CompuServe ... of Control Data , but originally formed as a division of IBM to become CompuServe s Executive ... who was the last CEO of CompuServe . Barry Berkov was recruited from Xerox to head product development and marketing. In 1977, CompuServ s board changed the company s name to CompuServe Incorporated. In 1980, H&R Block acquired CompuServe. The purchase provided cash to expand operations, and helped ..., CompuServe developed its own packet switching network, implemented on DEC PDP 11 minicomputers acting .... Over time, the CompuServe network evolved into a sophisticated multi tiered network incorporating ... known for its consumer services division, the CompuServe Information Service, CompuServe was also a world ... E S as well as the price quote feeds from the major exchanges. CompuServe developed extensive screening ... during evening hours, when the CompuServe computers were otherwise idle. As it became evident that it would be a hit, CompuServe dropped the MicroNET name in favor of their own, and by 1987, CompuServe Information Service would be 50 of CompuServe revenues. CompuServe s origin was approximately ... 1979, being the first online service provider online services . By the mid 1980s CompuServe ... more details
Orphan date October 2008 The Compuserve IMPs are a long standing writers group formed in 1993 by members of the Compuserve SFLit Forum. The concept was originated by William Cornett, when he asked the forum moderators for permission to form a critique group for writers who were waiting months to get into the official writers workshop. He also named the group, and keeps many of the original forum posts, uploads, and message strings on floppy discs. The name IMP is a shortened form taken from the current official title Informal Association of Writers IMPatiently Waiting To Be Published it was originally IMPatient Writers Workshop Waiting List Applicants . The formation of the group was assisted by science fiction writer Ron Collins and other applicants waiting to be admitted to the SFLit Forum s Writers Workshop. Science Fiction author Mike Resnick agreed to be the group s informal mentor. The IMPs developed a set of guidelines for participation, including a ratio for submitting IMPcrits to stories three critiques for each submission . The message traffic between members grew so heavy that the SFLit Forum Sysops eventually assigned the IMPs their own private library and chat room. As the Writing Workshop grew in popularity, its waiting list increased, and more IMPatient writers joined the IMPs. Several IMPs have published books, short stories, and essays. Members of the IMPire who went on to be published include Ron Collins, Ann Marston, Dave Bollinger, Jason Tanner, Martin Crumpton, Jeff Carter, Charlene Brusso, Jennifer Cush, Louise Rowder, Ann Marie Horcher, James Hartley Jay Caselberg , Christopher Holiday, Steve Schiff, Randy Dannenfelser, Lisa Silverthorne, Lyn Nichols, Adrienne Chafee, Adrienne Gormley, Michael Kelly, Josh Langston, Bill Cornett, Mitch Stein, Derek ... of the IMPs guided by some of the original group members are active on the Compuserve Web ... Compuserve SF LIT Forum Category CompuServe Category Community websites Category Writing circles ... more details
Refimprove date March 2010 Image WinCIM.jpg right thumb 300px WinCIM CompuServe Information Manager CIM was CompuServeCompuServe Information Service s client software. The program provided a GUI front end to the text based CompuServe service that was at the time accessed using a standard terminal program with alphanumeric al shortcuts. Issued at the same time as the GUI only America Online began to grow in popularity, CIM was available for MS DOS DOSCIM , Microsoft Windows WinCIM , Macintosh MacCIM , and OS 2 CIM for OS 2 and allowed access to CompuServe s features, such as its forums, chat, e mail, and messaging facilities these continued to be accessible via standard communications software using alphanumeric shortcuts. The first versions were released in around 1990. Version 2.0.1, released in 1994, included a version of the Mosaic web browser . ref http www.smartcomputing.com editorial article.asp?article articles archive guideinternet97 3net09 3net09.asp&guid ref Later, CompuServe switched parts of its service over to a new binary protocol called HMI, or Host Micro Interface , which was more of a binary machine protocol and was not usable directly via a telnet client like the old text based interface, thus requiring the use of specialised client software like CIM. Version 3.0 CompuServe for Windows 3.0 , in 1997, was intended to compete head on with AOL, and was released amid an advertising campaign in which CompuServe was briefly brand re branded as CSi . After CompuServe was purchased by AOL in 1998, CompuServe began providing CompuServe branded versions of the AOL client software known as CompuServe 2000 and CompuServe 7 and its protocols as a way to access the service, however it continued to remain possible to connect to WinCIM via HMI, which became known as the CompuServe Classic service. Other CompuServe client programs TapCIS OzWin NavCIS ForCIS References reflist Category CompuServe ... more details
Summary Information Description One time Compuserve HQ in Columbus Source I User Wiki Historian N OH Wiki Historian N OH User talk Wiki Historian N OH talk created this work entirely by myself. Date July 24, 2009 Author User Wiki Historian N OH Wiki Historian N OH User talk Wiki Historian N OH talk other versions Licensing self cc by sa 3.0 GFDL migration redundant ... more details
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Infobox United States District Court Case name Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe Inc. court United States District ... holding CompuServe was merely a distributor, rather than a publisher of content on its forums ... nature of the content. keywords Defamation Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe Inc. was a 1991 court decision ... Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe Inc. , http epic.org free speech cubby v compuserve.html 776 F. Supp. 135 S.D.N.Y. 1991 . ref The case resolved a claim of libel against compuserveCompuServe , an Internet ... that although CompuServe did host defamatory content on its forums, CompuServe was merely a distributor, rather than a publisher, of the content. As a distributor, CompuServe could only be held liable ... name section581 Restatement of Torts, Second Restatement Second of Torts 581 ref As CompuServe had made ... posted material. Facts Cubby, Inc. and Robert Blanchard brought suit against CompuServe Inc ... disparagement, and unfair competition . ref name Cubby cite web title Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe ... epic.org free speech cubby v compuserve.html accessdate 2009 03 ref CompuServe, an Internet service ... online newsletter developed by Blanchard and Cubby, Inc. CompuServe did not dispute the defamatory nature of the content. However, no evidence presented during the trial demonstrated that CompuServe ... in favor of CompuServe for all claims. Libel claim Cubby alleged that CompuServe was the publisher .... ref name section578 Restatement of Torts, Second Restatement Second of Torts 578 ref CompuServe ... of the content. ref name section581 The court held that CompuServe has no more editorial control ... be no more feasible for CompuServe to examine every publication it carries for potentially defamatory ... libel, and the unfair competition claim, based on disparaging remarks, required that CompuServe knew or had reason to know of the defamatory remarks. ref name Cubby Again, CompuServe was unaware of the nature of the statements and was thus not held liable. Impact Cubby v. CompuServe treated internet ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 ForCIS is a client computing client program which was used to connect to the CompuServe CompuServe Information Service . It is the predecessor to NavCIS . It was available for MS DOS . Other clients TapCIS WinCIM Compuserve Information Manager NavCIS OzWin DEFAULTSORT Forcis Category CompuServe DOS stub Internet stub ... more details
refimprove date February 2009 NavCIS , originally known as CompuServe Navigator , is a client computing client program which was used to automate connections to the CompuServeCompuServe Information Service at a time when online use was priced by the minute. It was available for MS DOS and Microsoft Windows as a graphical user interface GUI on both. NavCIS was one of the first e mail and Internet forum forum clients to feature WYSIWYG e mail in the early 1990s. For a while, a Macintosh version called CompuServe Navigator was also available, which fulfilled the same function. It ran on MacOS 4.1 up to 7.1, and made it to at least version 3.2. ref http www.savetz.com ku ku jesus compuserve navigator march 1994.html ref Other clients TapCIS CompuServe Information Manager ForCIS OzWin References reflist Category CompuServe comp stub software stub internet stub DOS stub windows software stub ... more details
Micronet may refer to MicroNet , the original name of the CompuServeCompuServe Information Service when it was released in 1979 Micronet800 , an information provider IP on Prestel Micronet co., Ltd. , a computer graphics and video game developer Enciclopedia Universal Micronet , a Spanish encyclopedia disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 OzWin was a client program which was used to connect to the CompuServeCompuServe Information Service . It was a GUI program written in Delphi that ran on the Microsoft Windows operating system . It was published by Ozarks West Software Ltd. and programmed by Steve Sneed. OzWin was born out of the earlier OzCIS program which was DOS based. OzWin allowed users to connect to CompuServe forums and batch download messages, files, and so forth from the server and then disconnect. They could then read the messages offline, and as well compose new messages and replies while offline. When they finished reading and composing messages, they could connect again to batch send all of the messages, as well as receive any new messages others had posted to the forums. This allowed users to batch upload and download messages and then work offline, minimising the time they were connected to CompuServe. This was important, since at that time, users were charged by the hour to connect to CompuServe, so remaining connected all the time was an expensive proposition and could quickly run up charges. Like OzCIS, OzWin also had features for up and downloading files to the forum libraries, plus a complete set of SysOp features such as moving and deleting messages, administering the file libraries, and flagging users giving denying SysOp rights, kicking banning . Unlike other offline readers such as TapCIS and NavCIS which added proprietary ways of formatting text colors, fonts, attributes , OzWin always remained plain text and never displayed any custom styles. In May of 2005, CompuServe discontinued access the OzCis and TapCIS forums on CompuServe. Other CompuServe client programs CompuServe Information Manager ForCIS NavCIS TapCIS WinCIM DEFAULTSORT Ozwin Category Windows software Category CompuServe Windows software stub Internet stub ... more details
CompuServe CB Simulator was the first ref CompuServe Innovator Resigns After 25 Years, The Columbus Dispatch, 11 May 1996, p. 2F ref online chat service. It was developed by a CompuServe executive, Alexander Sandy Trevor , and released by CompuServe in 1980 ref Wired and Inspired, The Columbus Dispatch Business page , by Mike Pramik, 12 November 2000 ref . At that time, most people were familiar with Citizens band radio , often abbreviated as CB radio, but multi user chat did not yet exist and instant messaging was largely unknown. CompuServe CB used the CB radio paradigm to help users understand the new concept. Like CB radio it had 40 channels and commands like tune , squelch , and monitor. CompuServe CB quickly became the largest single product on CompuServe despite virtually no marketing. When 40 channels was not enough, additional bands were added, such as the Adult band. The first online wedding occurred on CompuServe CB, and worldwide fans organized events to meet in the real world people they had met in CB. Compuserve s CBIG CB Interest Group Sysop Chris Dunn ChrisDos met his wife Pamela Zebra3 there in the early 1980s, eventually being featured on the Phil Donahue Show. ref http www.tranquileye.com hackerculture approaches donahue 1985.txt ref Later, enhancements to CompuServe CB were made to enable multiplayer games, digital pictures, multimedia, and large conferences. For example, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones held the first online multimedia conference using CompuServe CB from London on December 7, 1995. One of the first online weddings occurred between MilesTeg .... The couple were still married as of 2011. The CompuServe CB Simluator was also the setting for The Strange .... citation needed date December 2009 References references An Introduction to CompuServe s Citizens Band Simulator . Columbus, Ohio CompuServe Incorporated. 1986. CB ing Turns Ten . CompuServe Magazine ... Category CompuServe ... more details
Summary My own photo of a promotional mousepad for the defunct CompuServe WOW online service, showing an image of the WOW opening screen. Intended for display on the WOW page. Licensing PD self date January 2007 ... more details
Wikify date September 2010 TAPCIS , The Access Program for the Compuserve Information Service was an automated utility that speeded up access to, and management of, CompuServe email accounts and forum memberships for PC users from 1981 until 2004 when advances in CompuServe technology rendered this highly regarded little DOS based program obsolete. Written in Borland s Turbo Pascal , TAPCIS ref name TAPCIS http www.nfbnet.org files modems TAPCIS.TXT , The Access Program for the Compuserve Information Service. ref was a 79 Shareware program that automated access to CompuServe. At a time when subscribers paid for timed access and had to spend time online reading and replying to messages, the TAPCIS autopilot took its users online with a single keystroke, bypassing the windows interface while it sent all pre written email and forum postings written offline, received new messages, downloaded requested files, and logged off CompuServe. The program was the chosen tool for dozens of CompuServe System Operators SYSOPS . TAPCIS was the brainchild of Howard Benner, ref name Howard Benner http www.tapcis.com benner.html , Howard Benner ref , a marketing executive from Wilmington, Del. Benner joined CompuServe in 1981 and soon after he authored and published TAPCIS. Stricken by melanoma, Benner died in June, 1990, aged 44. However, his software inspired a loyal community of TAP users who today still maintain their own website at http www.tapcis.com References Reflist Category CompuServe ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Article ACORN demographics Description CACI Instant Demographics Advertisement from the journal Compuserve Online Today Source Compuserve Online Today , October 1987, Page 2 Portion Low resolution Purpose To illustrate the existence of this advertisement, as the magazine is now hard to find. Replaceability other information Licensing Non free promotional image has rationale yes image is of living person no ... more details
Summary CompuServe logo found on their homepage http www.compuserve.com c 2006 CompuServe Non free use rationale Description Compuserve logo, used in CompuServe . Source www.compuserve.com Article CompuServe Portion The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image. Low resolution Yes Purpose The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image. Replaceability None other information The logo is not used in such a way the a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the logo. Licensing Non free logo History of Image Logo cs40.gif 2007 11 21T07 39 36Z User MBisanz MBisanz User talk MBisanz Talk Special Contributions MBisanz contribs 723 bytes nowiki Summary nfcc nowiki 2007 04 24T00 14 10Z User Cydebot Cydebot User talk Cydebot Talk Special Contributions Cydebot contribs 133 bytes nowiki Robot Renaming non free template logo per Wikipedia Non free content templates . nowiki 2006 04 15T17 06 06Z User Mike1 Mike1 User talk Mike1 Talk Special Contributions Mike1 contribs nowiki CompuServe logo found on their homepage http www.compuserve.com c 2006 CompuServe nowiki 2006 04 15T17 06 06Z User Mike1 Mike1 User talk Mike1 Talk Special Contributions Mike1 contribs 169x41 3054 bytes ... more details
wiktionary imps Imps are mythological beings similar to a fairies or demons. Imps may also refer to Compuserve IMPs , a long standing writers group IMPS , an IMS service Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite , an RFC document The Oxford Imps , an improvisational comedy troupe See also IMP disambiguation disambig ... more details
Cubby can refer to Cubby v. CompuServe Cubby v. CompuServe , a defamation case relevant to cyberlaw Albert R. Broccoli , producer, largely known as Cubby Broccoli Cubby O Brien , a former Mouseketeer One of the Lost Boys Peter Pan Lost Boys in Disney s Peter Pan films A character from Disney s Adventures of the Gummi Bears A cubby hole or cubby house Cubby, the nickname 24 TV series 24 fans gave to Tony Almeida s Chicago Cubs coffee mug. The alleged higher power of The Cubby Creatures . Disambig ... more details
refimprove date August 2009 Steve Wilhite of CompuServe invented the Graphics Interchange Format GIF file format which went on to become the de facto standard for 8 bit images on the Internet until the late 1990s. citation needed date October 2009 Steve Wilhite remained on the CompuServe AOL payroll into the first decade of the 21st century working on a variety of CompuServe systems. These included CompuServe s wire protocol for their graphical user interface GUI clients in the 1980s, new service features in the early 1990s, web chat software in the late 1990s, and investigating web community models until his departure after being disabled by a stroke . citation needed date October 2009 He has since recovered. Wilhite s name comes up frequently in debate over the pronunciation of the GIF acronym. citation needed date October 2009 Steve Wilhite always used the pronunciation that sounds like Jif peanut butter and if asked would usually reply Choosy programmers choose jif . External links http www.olsenhome.com gif The GIF Pronunciation Page Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wilhite, Steve ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wilhite, Steve Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category CompuServe Category American computer scientists Category Computer graphics professionals compu bio stub ... more details
. WOW failed for many reasons all of which come down to a lack of vision and leadership amongst CompuServe s top brass. The CompuServe model had always been to charge customers based on an hourly usage ... local ISPs. In addition, CompuServe was unable to offer customized usernames. Customers had ... to include their own software installations into the base Operating System. Compuserve realized that this was a huge ... fixed. WOW was still included in Windows 95 SR2, and failed miserably. Web stub Category CompuServe ... more details
MegaWars was a series of real time online multiplayer space empire building games which were hosted on CompuServe in the 1980s and lasted well into the 1990s. The original MegaWars I was a port of Decwar , originally developed at the University of Texas at Austin . A port using a basic client server protocol and a basic graphical interface on the TRS 80 Color Computer as MegaWars II was never released. MegaWars III followed, based on an entirely different engine originally developed by Kesmai . External links http www.megawars3.com default.aspx Mega Wars III The Rebirth http www3.sympatico.ca maury games space megawars i.html MegaWars I info http www3.sympatico.ca maury games space megawars iii.html MegaWars III info http www.starhawk.net mw3 combatref.htm Combat in MW3 http www.starhawk.net mw3 mw3.html Emperor Starhawk s Mega Wars III site Category CompuServe Category Multiplayer online games Category Space trading and combat simulators ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Wikify date December 2009 An acronym for FILe Generator and Editor, FILGE was a command oriented text editor created by CompuServe in the early 1970s. Its many commands were preceded by a slash character. For example, if a text file contained the line The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog The word fox could be replaced with wolf using this command c fox wolf To see the result of the edit, the user could type p and in this case, would see The quick brown wolf jumped over the lazy dog There were many other commands, which later including a repeating capability, which allow significant file manipulations to be performed without the need to write special programs. FILGE was replaced by screen oriented WYSIWYG editors. DEFAULTSORT File Generator And Editor Category CompuServe Category Text editors text editor stub ... more details
cleanup date December 2010 Infobox video game title Sniper collapsible state show image image caption aspect ratio resolution developer publisher distributor license series engine version released vgrelease genre Strategy war game modes ratings vgratings platforms CompuServe media requirements input Sniper is a computer game that appeared on CompuServe . It was an adaptation of the Sniper board game Sniper board game. Plot Sniper is a strategy war game. A player starts as a recruit in the Sniper Saloon & Salad Bar, where players can pick up local gossip, brag about wins, and explain defeats. There, players can also challenge other players to a Sniper game, or play the computerized opponent. A drill instructor waits in the Bootcamp to show you new players how the game is played. The Halls of Fame also display players best scores. In a game of Patrol two opposing squads, Alpha and Bravo, meet in no man s land between their front lines. In a game of Infiltrate, the Alpha force must cross from one side of the map to the other, exiting the map at Bravo s Victory Point area before Bravo can stop Alpha. The player has a small squad of soldiers to command, and plays either the Germans or the Americans, somewhere in western Europe during World War II. ref name Dragon148 Development Steve Estvanik converted TSR, Inc. TSR s Sniper board game Sniper board game series into a multi player, online computer game for CompuServe . ref name Dragon148 cite journal title The Game Wizards author Estvanik, Steve journal Dragon issue 148 date August 1989 pages 54 58 ref References reflist Category CompuServe Category Multiplayer online games Category Strategy video games ... more details
of postings created by its users, relying on a 1991 case Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe Inc. , which had found compuserveCompuServe , an online service provider, not liable as a publisher for user generated content. ref name Cubby Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe Inc. , http epic.org free speech cubby ... s general argument for holding Prodigy liable, in the face of the CompuServe case, was that Prodigy ... liability to CompuServe and other computer networks that make no such choice. ref name Stratton Impact This case conflicted with the 1991 federal district court decision in Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe .... In that case, the court held that CompuServe should be considered to be more like a digital library than a publisher. ref name Cubby The important difference between CompuServe and Prodigy for the Stratton .... Related Cases Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe Inc. br Zeran v. America Online, Inc. External links ... more details
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