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CompuServe in pictures: The Columbus company that helped start the internet

*** NOTE: This photo ran again on 12/28/97 (1H/Biz Year in Review). *** Top view of the control room at CompuServe Corp. photo by Neal C. Lauron. The company's global network is operated at the Upper Arlington facilities.
*** NOTE: This photo ran again on 12/28/97 (1H/Biz Year in Review). *** Top view of the control room at CompuServe Corp. photo by Neal C. Lauron. The company's global network is operated at the Upper Arlington facilities.
NEAL C_ LAURON
Hilliard Mayor Roger Reynolds stands in front of the construction entrance for the new CompuServe building on Britton Road in Hilliard.
Hilliard Mayor Roger Reynolds stands in front of the construction entrance for the new CompuServe building on Britton Road in Hilliard.
CHRIS RUSSELL
In 1980, The Dispatch became the first newspaper available by home computer through CompuServe. Here, CompuServe CEO Jeffrey M. Wilkins, left, explains a technical point to Katharine Graham of the Washington Post, John F. Wolfe and David L. Bowen, while CompuServe's Jill Gates enters a command on a electronic terminal.
In 1980, The Dispatch became the first newspaper available by home computer through CompuServe. Here, CompuServe CEO Jeffrey M. Wilkins, left, explains a technical point to Katharine Graham of the Washington Post, John F. Wolfe and David L. Bowen, while CompuServe's Jill Gates enters a command on a electronic terminal.
The Columbus Dispatch
1984 -- Charles W. McCall, CompuServe president and chief operating officer, left and Jeffrey M. Wilkins, chairman and CEO. 3/18/1984
1984 -- Charles W. McCall, CompuServe president and chief operating officer, left and Jeffrey M. Wilkins, chairman and CEO. 3/18/1984
EPA-EFE Staff
1988 - Black and white file photo - Karol Harris, a computer operator for CompuServe , works in the main computer room changing tapes.
1988 - Black and white file photo - Karol Harris, a computer operator for CompuServe , works in the main computer room changing tapes.
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
This is one in a series of three ads on CompuServe that won the business publications category for Sive Associates of Cincinnati. 4/8/1984.
This is one in a series of three ads on CompuServe that won the business publications category for Sive Associates of Cincinnati. 4/8/1984.
EPA-EFE Staff
CompuServe screen showing travel and tourism information on the Hocking Hills computer internet online travel forum April 1995 . A deal struck by the state Division of Travel and Tourism resulted in creation of the Ohio Travel Forum on Upper Arlington-based CompuServe, the world's largest on-line computer service with 2.8 million subscribers.
CompuServe screen showing travel and tourism information on the Hocking Hills computer internet online travel forum April 1995 . A deal struck by the state Division of Travel and Tourism resulted in creation of the Ohio Travel Forum on Upper Arlington-based CompuServe, the world's largest on-line computer service with 2.8 million subscribers.
DORAL CHENOWETH III, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
1981 caption for Compuserve: Picture a world where everything's at your fingertips - the book you're dying to read, a game of chess with an expert in California, your income tax statement all worked out without hassle. Already it's starting. 1/11/1981
1981 caption for Compuserve: Picture a world where everything's at your fingertips - the book you're dying to read, a game of chess with an expert in California, your income tax statement all worked out without hassle. Already it's starting. 1/11/1981
The Columbus Dispatch
Visitors in 1984 check out one of the Santa E-Mail computers that children used to write Santa. COSI connected Commodore 64 terminals with CompuServe to create the North Pole Computer Connection.
Visitors in 1984 check out one of the Santa E-Mail computers that children used to write Santa. COSI connected Commodore 64 terminals with CompuServe to create the North Pole Computer Connection.
The Columbus Dispatch
5000 Arlington Centre Blvd. in Upper Arlington , Ohio -- This fisheye view of CompuServe Inc.'s computer room shows mainframes and control terminals. Rear Tommy Thomas - Supervisor, Foreground James Holden, computer operator. Photo by Tim Revell. March 15, 1984.
5000 Arlington Centre Blvd. in Upper Arlington , Ohio -- This fisheye view of CompuServe Inc.'s computer room shows mainframes and control terminals. Rear Tommy Thomas - Supervisor, Foreground James Holden, computer operator. Photo by Tim Revell. March 15, 1984.
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
On July 1, 1980, The Dispatch began beaming news stories through the CompuServe dial-up service. The newspaper was the first daily newspaper in the country to test a new technology that enabled the day’s news to flow into home computers at 300 words per minute. Users paid $5 per hour for the service, billed in one-minute increments. "To become a subscriber," The Dispatch reported, "a resident will have to have a home computer. Such equipment is now available in electronics shops." In this photo, Dispatch copy editor Bill Prewitt, who coordinated the newspaper-by-computer project in the news department, sits in front of computer equipment used in transmitting the electronic newspaper.
On July 1, 1980, The Dispatch began beaming news stories through the CompuServe dial-up service. The newspaper was the first daily newspaper in the country to test a new technology that enabled the day’s news to flow into home computers at 300 words per minute. Users paid $5 per hour for the service, billed in one-minute increments. "To become a subscriber," The Dispatch reported, "a resident will have to have a home computer. Such equipment is now available in electronics shops." In this photo, Dispatch copy editor Bill Prewitt, who coordinated the newspaper-by-computer project in the news department, sits in front of computer equipment used in transmitting the electronic newspaper.
The Columbus Dispatch
10-13-95: The Network Control Center of CompuServe, which is the brain of the international network. When 3.6 million people go online with CompuServe, everything is monitored through this room.
10-13-95: The Network Control Center of CompuServe, which is the brain of the international network. When 3.6 million people go online with CompuServe, everything is monitored through this room.
LYNN ISCHAY
10-13-95: Architect's rendering of new CompuServe facilities in Hilliard.
10-13-95: Architect's rendering of new CompuServe facilities in Hilliard.
LYNN ISCHAY
New CompuServe 2000 internet home page.
New CompuServe 2000 internet home page.
Dispatch File Photo
Black and white file photo - CompuServe - construction - 5000 Arlington Centre Blvd. in Upper Arlington - used in the paper 6/3/ 1984 and 7/3/ 1988 .
Black and white file photo - CompuServe - construction - 5000 Arlington Centre Blvd. in Upper Arlington - used in the paper 6/3/ 1984 and 7/3/ 1988 .
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Steve Case, chairman and CEO of America Online, came to CompuServe's headquarters on Sept. 29, 1998, to announce AOL's continued support of the company. [The Associated Press file photo]
Steve Case, chairman and CEO of America Online, came to CompuServe's headquarters on Sept. 29, 1998, to announce AOL's continued support of the company. [The Associated Press file photo]
The Columbus Dispatch
A copy of the Columbus Dispatch and a computer terminal listing the index for Dispatch and Associated Press stories which can be viewed through the CompuServe system in Columbus, Ohio on July 9, 1980. (AP Photo)
A copy of the Columbus Dispatch and a computer terminal listing the index for Dispatch and Associated Press stories which can be viewed through the CompuServe system in Columbus, Ohio on July 9, 1980. (AP Photo)
Fort Smith Times Record