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Get the GEnie Library on CD For more info about the history of GEnie, please visit the GEnie page on Wikipedia.

QLink was one of the hottest online hangouts. It was a very popular place to visit with friends or make new friends in the chat areas. You could even send instant messages to someone else online. There was a huge download area filled with files of all sorts. There was a classified section to buy and sell computer items and other things. You could schedule airline flights and check stocks and go shopping with your computer. This was all done with a Commodore 64! QLink was available only to Commodore users. There was special software that ran on the 64 to allow dialing out and logging into QLink. Well, the QLink owners soon had other ideas. They decided to begin catering to owners of PC's, commonly known at the time as IBM compatibles. In 1993, Steve Case shut down QLink as he needed the equipment to service the growing AOL, and the entire QLink file library went into never-never land. The new service for the PC users was known as America Online, or AOL for short. If it wasn't for all the Commodore users showing how well a dedicated online service could survive and be profitable, AOL never would have been created. The profits from QLink's Commodore customers was the financing AOL needed to get off the ground.

Now, Commodore users needed a place to go to. The GEnie online service was running and catered to all types of computers and their users. There was even a Commodore section. Special software wasn't required, you simply needed a normal terminal program to dial out with and to access GEnie. But there was also a special software program written just for Commodore users to access GEnie for those who didn't like the command type approach when using a terminal program.

GEnie struggled against the powerful AOL. AOL knew how to market itself. GEnie managed to hang on until the late 90's. For about the last couple of years, the Commodore area on GEnie was controlled by Creative Micro Designs. CMD's presence was a very good thing for Commodore users. In addition to Doug Cotton from CMD, there were many helpful and knowledgable Commodore users on GEnie who could help with just about any aspect of Commodore computing. The message bases were very busy and the file library was quite vast, but was never as big as QLink's.

Before GEnie pulled the plug like QLink did, the Commodore library on GEnie was completely downloaded over about a 2 week period and saved for future preservation. All the files are available here for your enjoyment.

In the table to the left, you can click on a link to go straight to any library section. They are arranged in alphabetical order. Here's the listing of each library as they existed on GEnie:

1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7. 12. 14. 15. 16 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 33. 34. 35. 36. 38. 39. 40. 43. 44. 46. 47. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56.

GEOSApps GEOSFonts GEOSArts GEOSDrivers GEOSDeskAcc CMDSupport CMDGeneral MRFiles C64Games C64Arcade C64Adventure C64Educational C64Demos C64Telecom C64Toolkit C64Software C64-128Toolkit C64-128BBS C128Software C128Telecom C128CPM C128Educational C128Graphics C128Games C128Toolkit Information TelcomTools Wizard Bible Cruiser Listserv CompSysCBM MonoClassical StereoClassical DigitalSounds MusGraph StaffPics LoResGraphics HiResGraphics Adult Gifs TheFox Plus4 Misc

GEOS Applications GEOS Fonts GEOS Artistry - Pictures & Images GEOS Printer & Input Drivers GEOS Desk Accessories & AutoExecs GEOS CMD's Official Support CMD General Support Files Maurice Randall's Support Library C-64 Games Chest C-64 Arcade Action Games C-64 Adventure Games C-64 Educational Prg & Games C-64 Computer Videos and Demos C-64 Telecommunications C-64 Disk & File Toolkit C-64 Software To Go C-64/128 Toolkit & Subroutines C-64/128 BBS Resource Center C-128 Software to Go C-128 Telecommunications C-128 CP/M Files C-128 Educational Prg & Games C-128 Graphics - Basic 8 & Ipaint C-128 Games C-128 Toolkit The Information Exchange Telecom Tools and Utilities Wizard 64-Wizard 128-RTCmaster Bible and Religion The Commodore Cruiser Newsletter COMMODOR LISTSERV Archive COMP.SYS.CBM Archive Classical !SID! - Mono Music Classical !SID! - Stereo Music Digital Sound Files & Misc. Music Music and Graphic Utilities Pictures & Bios - Staff & Members Lo-Res Graphics Hi Res Haven Adult Oriented Files HiRes Pictures --> GIFS <-- T.H.E. FOX <tm> by Joe Ekaitis Plus /+4 Port of Call None of the Above