Did you use pre-internet online services like CompuServe or Quantum Link? How was your experience? (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by connect@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Was it fascinating? Did it feel like the amazing future? Were you all too aware of the mounting cost relative to what you were actually doing?

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[-] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I actually met my second husband on CompuServe. We both were members of the Adventure game forum and knew each other by name from there.

A few years later, a friend of mine had a birthday party on ICQ for my (now) husband when I was separated and here we are 24 years later.

CompuServe is where I got to get my adventure and crpg fix

[-] connect@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

Did you have to spend a lot of time fending off weird, dorky guys?

[-] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I married the weird dorky guy haha

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