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... CompuServe , a subsi- diary of H & R Block , the tax - preparation chain . By punch- ing out the appropriate keys , a subscriber to CompuServe , for example , can look up an item in an electronic encyclope- dia ; retrieve information on ...
... CompuServe , a subsi- diary of H & R Block , the tax - preparation chain . By punch- ing out the appropriate keys , a subscriber to CompuServe , for example , can look up an item in an electronic encyclope- dia ; retrieve information on ...
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... CompuServe . It began full - scale operation in No- vember 1983 , after a 14 - month test period in Coral Gables . Knight - Ridder hoped it would reach some 5,000 homes after a year of operation . Like The Source and CompuServe ...
... CompuServe . It began full - scale operation in No- vember 1983 , after a 14 - month test period in Coral Gables . Knight - Ridder hoped it would reach some 5,000 homes after a year of operation . Like The Source and CompuServe ...
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... CompuServe and The Source , the two largest networks , are by most accounts still unprofitable for their parent corporations . The earliest U.S. videotex system , a pilot project in the Dallas area called Bison , was abandoned a few ...
... CompuServe and The Source , the two largest networks , are by most accounts still unprofitable for their parent corporations . The earliest U.S. videotex system , a pilot project in the Dallas area called Bison , was abandoned a few ...
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