[tfinniga]

I guess technically those were separate online services. They only connected up to the internet near the end of their lifetime.

[itry]

You had to dial into AOL and Compuserve?

[smacktoward]

Yep. They had long lists of phone numbers you could dial into; when you set up the software, it would set itself up to use one near you, so you wouldn't get charged long-distance fees.