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| CONTRARY TO “HISTORY” AS RE-WRITTEN BY THOSE WHO BENEFITTED TO THE TUNE OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF $, THIS IS THE MAN WHO STARTED THE COMPANY THE BENEFACTORS RE-NAMED AMERICA ONLINE AND DECLARED THEMSELVES THE “FOUNDERS” | ||
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| William F. von Meister – “Bill” | ||
| Actually America Online was the 4th iteration of name changes from the company Bill started in 1981 as The Digital Music Company, purveyor of The Home Music StoreTM. | ||
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| These have any familiarity? Remember 1981! Think iTunes and the Cable TV music channels of today! The story of the Digital Music Company is interesting and more will come later but for the moment, on to the next iteration and Control Video Corporation and its GAMELINE product. |
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| The above is purposely larger so you can see some of the original planning of Control Video: | ||
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| Now look at the first Gameline piece below and notice the date! | ||
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| September 1983 More to come! |