I remember Compuserve, Prodigy and AOL being the main 3 companies around.  I
can't say I was ever aware they were ever known as anything but AOHell.

-Sean

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]>wrote:

>  Correct on the bonus questions (It was a C64 and C128 service).
>
>
>
> No affiliation with Compuserve, however, so you lose your bonus. (However
> Compuserve and H&R Block were affiliated, so as a consolation prize you get
> to sit on TVKÿÿ™s lap)
>
>
>
> I still need the name of the service.
>
>
>
> -sc
>
>
>
> *From:* Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 05, 2009 10:16 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: [OT][Humor] AOL
>
>
>
> I thought they orgianally supported Commodore 64 based machines. Loaded the
> software and got a graphical environment. They owned Compuserve, at one
> time. And If I remember right, Compuserve was owned by H&R Block.
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> [assert NO_GOOLING_ALLOWED]
>
>
> Trivia Question: What was the _PRIOR_ service offered by the company
> that eventually became AOL?
>
> Bonus points for naming the supported platforms.
>
> -sc
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 8:28 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: [OT][Humor] AOL
>
>  I've discovered that if I play an AOL installation CD backwards, I
> get satanic messages.  Then I tried playing it the other way, and
> something really bad happened: I got AOL.
>
>  (Adapted from another quote; original author unknown.)
>
> -- Ben
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

Reply via email to