Jeremy Norman’sHistoryofInformation.com Exploring the History of Information and Media through Timelines
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A: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
In 1983 Control Video Corporation founded by William van Miester, of the Washington D.C. area, offered video games "by telephone" for Atari VCS game machine owners through a service called GameLine. Using variable speed adaptive modem technology, GameLine planned other services for the millions of game machine owners who might upgrade their units with programmable adaptors. The company nearly went bankrupt. After revamping its product line, the company changed its name to Quantum Computer Services in 1985.
In 1991 the company was renamed America Online (AOL).
