Ah, remember Compuserve? This 1983 ad says “You’ll use Compuserve’s Electronic Mail System (we call it Email) to compose, edit, and send letters to friends or business associates.” You also paid by the minute, PLUS long distance phone charges. This is part of a collection of ads for obsolete technology that we thought was the greatest thing since sliced bread …at the time.
http://brainz.org/12-dead-technology-advertisements/