Before the spread of the Internet, "NIFTY-Serve" was able to communicate data and exchange files through telephone lines.
This personal computer communication service started today in 1987.
There are multiple forums dealing with various themes, and by using the bulletin boards, electronic conferences, data libraries, etc. in the forum, it was possible for members to interact with each other and upload and download files.
It is said to be personal computer communication, but there are various devices that can be used, such as word processors equipped with functions. The number of members has increased due to the personal computer boom since the early 1990s, and in 1996 the number of members increased to 2 million.
However, from the latter half of the 1990s, the Internet began to spread to ordinary households, and the number of users decreased. The personal computer communication service ended in March 2006. In addition, NIFTY-Serve moved to a web forum using the Internet, but it did not work, and this also ended in March 2007.
In 2011, as a 25th anniversary project, we released a site where you can enjoy the atmosphere of PC communication. From May 2012, a service that reproduces the forum function etc. was provided for one year only.
By the way, although it was closed at the end of May 2014, the domain is still maintained and you can see the notice of the end of publication.
It may be revived for a limited time someday.
Major events on April 15th
1987, NIF officially started service of "NIFTY-Serve" 1997, AOL Japan started service in Japan 1998, Hitachi released DVD-RAM drive "GF-1055" 2008, Sony Released record player "PS-LX300USB" 2011, au released "htc EVO WiMAX ISW11HT" 2016, Huawei released "HUAWEI Y6" 2017, ASUS released "ZenFone 3 Max" (ZC553KL)