Don't you just love it when people decide to answer a question with
the answer to a DIFFERENT question <g>...
I don't remember Compuserve, since I signed up for that later, but
when I signed up for the Source (Telecomputing Corporation of America)
in 1979 the charges were:
A. Monthly minimum $5.00
B. Connect time Prime 15.00 / hr
C. Connect time Non-Prime 2.75 / hr
D. Disc Storage 0.033 / 2048 character block / day
E. Network Registration 100.00 (one time charge)
And remember, this was before public Internet - your connection
ONLY went to other Source members.
I had Internet access through Oregon State, but it was *strictly*
non-commercial - oh, the "good old days..."
The system (from my other manuals) ran on Pr1me 650's. And the Source
even provided (for a nominal charge) ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE programming
manuals. What FUN!
Gary
At 06:06 PM 10/9/98 -0800, you wrote:
Does anyone remember the cost of internet access/online
time via Compuserve
in the 80s ? I need to give a comparison of today's cost of sending a
graphics file.
R.
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