Remember Compuserve?

I do. It was my first online service provider 20 years ago. Back before Windows. When modems were rare and expensive and eternally slow. I dumped Compuserve in 1992 when that pesky internet thing came along. And I never really thought much of Compuserve again until today when I read this at Ars Technica:

A little piece of Internet history has now been laid to rest, as CompuServe was shut down for good just before this Fourth of July weekend. After some 30 years of service, CompuServe's new owner has finally pulled the plug, leaving us to reminisce about the days when the Internet was young and we were still using modems whose speed was measured in baud.

Compuserve.com is still offering two-month free trials, though. I had no idea Compuserve still existed.