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AOL Member Since 1979

by kindsvater
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I have been an AOL member since the service first started, and happened to come across some old billing while clearing out files. It says I have been a member since 1979. I think that is slightly wrong. Maybe it makes me the 1st AOL member?
  • Profile picture of the author Thomas
    Originally Posted by kindsvater View Post

    I think that is slightly wrong.
    Sounds like it. 1979 was 4 years before the company was founded, and 12 years before it was known as AOL (assuming Google isn't lying to me ).
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  • Profile picture of the author Ephrils
    Do you have any pictures of the bill? Blurring out all the personal information of course. There's got to be a phone number on the bill. Maybe give them a call

    Maybe Google is wrong, like Wikipedia can be.
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  • Profile picture of the author devonm
    My gawd. AOL since I was practically a BABY!? I thought AOL commercials entered the scene in 1990-1993. odd..... I am 37 which makes me born in 75.
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    • Profile picture of the author KimW
      Originally Posted by Ephrils View Post

      Do you have any pictures of the bill? Blurring out all the personal information of course. There's got to be a phone number on the bill. Maybe give them a call

      Maybe Google is wrong, like Wikipedia can be.
      Thank you for saying what it seems most people don't believe is possible!

      Originally Posted by devonm View Post

      My gawd. AOL since I was practically a BABY!? I thought AOL commercials entered the scene in 1990-1993. odd..... I am 37 which makes me born in 75.
      And I turned 21 in 1975 which just makes me old.

      PS: I didn't get my first computer till 1982.
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    1979 ALSO predates the PC, the first computer AOL was first on! THAT predates MS DOS! The first O/S AOL was on! THAT predates Windows, the first ENVIRONMENT AOL was on! THAT predates windows 3.0 which I believe is the first VERSION of the environment AOL was on!

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  • Profile picture of the author KimW
    Steve,
    I never used it myself, but I had many people tell me that it was first a DOS version.
    Google (which as this thread says,can be wrong) has many links to places where a DOS version is mentioned.
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by KimW View Post

      Steve,
      I never used it myself, but I had many people tell me that it was first a DOS version.
      Google (which as this thread says,can be wrong) has many links to places where a DOS version is mentioned.
      I thought it was windows only. Oh well, if it was msdos, it STILL needed the PC!

      Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author Ephrils
    I remember the AOL hey day. We had so many free AOL free trial CDs we didn't need to buy new coasters for months!
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    Do you still have the AOL CD (lol)?
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Do you still have the AOL CD (lol)?
      I keep old CDs ONLY if the program is valuable or something might not be on a newer CD, but s usuable. Translation? I TRASHED all MY AOL cds!

      Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author KimW
    But there are still sites where you can download ALL the versions of the AOL software.
    If it makes you feel better,download it,and burn it to CD and Voila,you are back in the 90s!
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  • Profile picture of the author ODeez
    Wow, that's pretty damn hilarious. I know the internet has not been available to the general public since I was one year old. Did you have some secret government access? Jk... AOL was the first service I used when I started on the internet back in the 90's. Boy have things changed since then.

    p.s. I have a few of the old cd's lying in storage. they make good coasters and and mini frisbee golf discs.
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