"Dear Forum friends and family, We regret to inform you that the Forums will be removed from the CompuServe service effective *December 15, 2017*. For more than two decades, the CompuServe Forums paved the way for online discussions on a wide variety of topics and we appreciate all of the participation and comments you have provided over the years.All of your email, news, weather, sports, and entertainment information will remain available to you after this change. We are constantly evaluating the content and services that are available through the service, and look forward to bringing you new content and services in the future.Sincerely, The CompuServe Team"
I have fond memories of the fantastic help I got from people on CompuServe back in the late 90s, when I was learning Visual FoxPro.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
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RIP.
I remember using some freeware/shareware tool (OzCIS?) that would initiate the dialup, download new or updated threads, and then disconnect. You could then go through the content and write replies, etc offline. Back in the era of 2400 baud dialup connections...
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rk
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 9:42 AM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: CompuServe forums - end of an era.
"Dear Forum friends and family, We regret to inform you that the Forums will be removed from the CompuServe service effective *December 15, 2017*. For more than two decades, the CompuServe Forums paved the way for online discussions on a wide variety of topics and we appreciate all of the participation and comments you have provided over the years.All of your email, news, weather, sports, and entertainment information will remain available to you after this change. We are constantly evaluating the content and services that are available through the service, and look forward to bringing you new content and services in the future.Sincerely, The CompuServe Team"
I have fond memories of the fantastic help I got from people on CompuServe back in the late 90s, when I was learning Visual FoxPro.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
I too use OzCIS back in the early to mid-90s. Then that new intertubes thingie became a little more open.
On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Richard Kaye rkaye@invaluable.com wrote:
RIP.
I remember using some freeware/shareware tool (OzCIS?) that would initiate the dialup, download new or updated threads, and then disconnect. You could then go through the content and write replies, etc offline. Back in the era of 2400 baud dialup connections...
--
rk
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 9:42 AM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: CompuServe forums - end of an era.
"Dear Forum friends and family, We regret to inform you that the Forums will be removed from the CompuServe service effective *December 15, 2017*. For more than two decades, the CompuServe Forums paved the way for online discussions on a wide variety of topics and we appreciate all of the participation and comments you have provided over the years.All of your email, news, weather, sports, and entertainment information will remain available to you after this change. We are constantly evaluating the content and services that are available through the service, and look forward to bringing you new content and services in the future.Sincerely, The CompuServe Team"
I have fond memories of the fantastic help I got from people on CompuServe back in the late 90s, when I was learning Visual FoxPro.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
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I was a big fan of TAPCIS, back in the days when you had to find a local non-toll modem to connect to, and raced to get offline as quickly as possible to minimize the $22 an hour connect time.200 messages a day during the week, 400 a day when a new release came out. Fun times.
CIS: 76400,2503
or INTERNET:76400.2503@compuserve.com
On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Richard Kaye rkaye@invaluable.com wrote:
RIP.
I remember using some freeware/shareware tool (OzCIS?) that would initiate the dialup, download new or updated threads, and then disconnect. You could then go through the content and write replies, etc offline. Back in the era of 2400 baud dialup connections...
--
rk
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 9:42 AM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: CompuServe forums - end of an era.
"Dear Forum friends and family, We regret to inform you that the Forums will be removed from the CompuServe service effective *December 15, 2017*. For more than two decades, the CompuServe Forums paved the way for online discussions on a wide variety of topics and we appreciate all of the participation and comments you have provided over the years.All of your email, news, weather, sports, and entertainment information will remain available to you after this change. We are constantly evaluating the content and services that are available through the service, and look forward to bringing you new content and services in the future.Sincerely, The CompuServe Team"
I have fond memories of the fantastic help I got from people on CompuServe back in the late 90s, when I was learning Visual FoxPro.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
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OzCis was surely the best tool for automating that crazy CIS interface. Me and my partner Andreas have even translated the manual to German and distributed OzCis here for a whopping 5 DM! I still have that booklet at home :)
Mine was 100015,676 (Oh the joy of octal numbers: 10xxxxx = 77777 + 1)
wOOdy
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] Im Auftrag von Ted Roche Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. November 2017 16:03 An: profox@leafe.com Betreff: Re: CompuServe forums - end of an era.
I was a big fan of TAPCIS, back in the days when you had to find a local non-toll modem to connect to, and raced to get offline as quickly as possible to minimize the $22 an hour connect time.200 messages a day during the week, 400 a day when a new release came out. Fun times.
CIS: 76400,2503
or INTERNET:76400.2503@compuserve.com
On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Richard Kaye rkaye@invaluable.com wrote:
RIP.
I remember using some freeware/shareware tool (OzCIS?) that would initiate
the dialup, download new or updated threads, and then disconnect. You could then go through the content and write replies, etc offline. Back in the era of 2400 baud dialup connections...
--
rk
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan
Bourke
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 9:42 AM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: CompuServe forums - end of an era.
"Dear Forum friends and family, We regret to inform you that the Forums will be removed from the CompuServe service effective *December 15, 2017*. For more than two decades, the CompuServe Forums paved the way for online discussions on a wide variety of topics and we appreciate all of the participation and comments you have provided over the years.All of your email, news,
weather, sports, and entertainment information
will remain available to you after this change. We are constantly evaluating the content and services that are available through the service, and look forward to bringing you new content and services in the future.Sincerely, The CompuServe Team"
I have fond memories of the fantastic help I got from people on CompuServe back in the late 90s, when I was learning Visual FoxPro.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
[excessive quoting removed by server]
72712,3417
Bill Anderson
On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 7:22 PM, Jürgen Wondzinski juergen@wondzinski.de wrote:
OzCis was surely the best tool for automating that crazy CIS interface. Me and my partner Andreas have even translated the manual to German and distributed OzCis here for a whopping 5 DM! I still have that booklet at home :)
Mine was 100015,676 (Oh the joy of octal numbers: 10xxxxx = 77777 + 1)
wOOdy
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] Im Auftrag von Ted Roche Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. November 2017 16:03 An: profox@leafe.com Betreff: Re: CompuServe forums - end of an era.
I was a big fan of TAPCIS, back in the days when you had to find a local non-toll modem to connect to, and raced to get offline as quickly as possible to minimize the $22 an hour connect time.200 messages a day during the week, 400 a day when a new release came out. Fun times.
CIS: 76400,2503
or INTERNET:76400.2503@compuserve.com
On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Richard Kaye rkaye@invaluable.com wrote:
RIP.
I remember using some freeware/shareware tool (OzCIS?) that would
initiate the dialup, download new or updated threads, and then disconnect. You could then go through the content and write replies, etc offline. Back in the era of 2400 baud dialup connections...
--
rk
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan
Bourke
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 9:42 AM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: CompuServe forums - end of an era.
"Dear Forum friends and family, We regret to inform you that the Forums will be removed from the CompuServe service effective *December 15, 2017*. For more than two decades, the CompuServe Forums paved the way for online discussions on a wide variety of topics and we appreciate all of the participation and comments you have provided over the years.All of your email, news,
weather, sports, and entertainment information
will remain available to you after this change. We are constantly evaluating the content and services that are available through the service, and look forward to bringing you new content and services in the future.Sincerely, The CompuServe Team"
I have fond memories of the fantastic help I got from people on CompuServe back in the late 90s, when I was learning Visual FoxPro.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
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Richard Kaye -
Stephen Russell -
Ted Roche