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  1. #CompuServe was the first public online service with millions of subscribers and played a big role in pioneering online #gaming, real-time #chat, file #downloads, online #banking, message #forums and online #shopping in the #1980s.

    #ComputerHistory #DEC #PDP10 #SC40

  2. The liquidation of the #LivingComputerMuseum might ruin the last chance to save more #CompuServe data for historical research.

    The last 9 #SC40 servers (#PDP10 derivatives) were saved from the dumpster 10y ago¹. One was sent to the #LCM and has been in storage since afaik. Of the other 8, all but one have disappeared.

    What will happen to the LCM one now? Christie's probably not interested in it? Will it finally be scrapped?

    ¹) youtube.com/watch?v=Tu2hMtRjxH

    #PaulAllen #RetroComputing #TOPS10 #DEC