Re: AOL for Apple II

[darsys@pro-entropy.cts.com (Eric A. Seiden)]

supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) writes:
>Cameron Kaiser <ckaiser@stockholm.ptloma.edu> wrote:
>>supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) writes:
>>
>>>This is kind of sad.  AOL was originally built on Apple II users. 
>>
>>Actually, AOL was originally built on C64 users. America Online was the
>>new name for Steve Case's QuantumLink service, which was an amalgamation of
>>QuantumLink and another C64-only multiplayer game service called PlayNet.
>>AOL treated the 64 users just as badly, even though they did leave one of
>>their Stratus mainframes around for the remaining QLink users after AOL was
>>introduced. Commodore support was not even a consideration for AOL.
>
>Both.  You see, AOL was created by a meger of AppleLink and QuantumLink.
>That's why both Apple II users and C64 users claim to be the ones AOL was
>originally built upon.
You are entirely incorrect.

AppleLink Personal Edition was a joint venture between Quantum Computer
Services and Apple Computer, Inc. (Not to be confused with AppleLink which was
run under GEIS services). It was available first for the Apple II and then for
the Mac. Simultaneous with that service there were two other services (PCLink
and QLink -- I may have the name of the second service wrong). Apple bailed
and sold out to QCS -- which became AOL shortly thereafter. Over time the
PCLink service was rolled into the AOL service and PC AOL software was made
available.

I tested ALPE back when it was called 'project Samuel' in the late 1980s. I
also beta tested ALPE/AOL for the Mac, PC, and some other stuff never
released. 

                -- E

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