On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 10:42:03 +1000, Chris Cason wrote:

> On 26/07/2020 06:24, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> because of some technical product expertise I had, and the sponsored
>> account status meant that I didn't pay the by-the-minute charges that
>> CompuServe charged.
> 
> Compuserve charges were exorbitant over here in AU (about USD $35/hr). I
> didn't have an offline reader when I started hanging around GO GRAPHDEV
> reading messages and downloading images and for the first few months I
> felt like was helping fund their CEO's new Ferrari.

Yeah, I had a CIS account of my own at some point (71321,1461 - I 
remember it like it was yesterday), but once I got the sponsored account 
(76702,1452 - shown in your listing from the forum), the other one fell 
into disuse.

> I got OzCis which helped a bit but even then with only a 14.4k modem I
> had to be wary of what binaries I downloaded (or uploaded), which is
> likely the primary reason I don't have a full archive of all the images
> from the early Compuserve days.

One of the 'perks' of being involved in the forums I was there was that I 
got in on some special offers given to CompuServe SysOps - including a 
really good price on a 14.4k modem.

I was an OzCis user as well, but when OzWin came out, I didn't switch - I 
preferred the text interface, and the Windows interface was too 
cumbersome to use (I believe we had a conversation about that once 
before. ;) )



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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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