In case you doubt just how far we've come in the last 20 years, here is another "treasure" that I found while cleaning out the Pink Room.
I was ahead of my time. I was on the internet before it was called "the internet."
30 "personal messages" FREE! Of course, we were the ONLY family in the universe on Prodigy, so it was easy to stay within our monthly e-mail limit.
Talk about blazin' fast dial-up service. Woo! We would watch football games and check Prodigy to see how quickly they updated the score. Sometimes it took as little as five minutes.
I mean, it's practically compatible with everything! If only I could find a floppy disk drive, we'd be in business.
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I have no idea why I kept this, but now that it has been properly documented it will be taking the long walk to the landfill. Of course, I might be persuaded to give it away if anyone out there has an interest in starting an Internet Antiquities Museum. Any takers?
You might not believe this, but we had Prodigy when I was in high school. There was only one other boy in my school whose family had, so he was the only person I ever sent messages to.
ReplyDeleteI forgot all about Prodigy! :P
We were not a Prodigy family but we had a word processor. That's right half typewriter, half computer.
ReplyDeleteWhat a blast from the past! You should donate it to Goodwill, though. I'm amazed at the thinks people will buy...
ReplyDeleteWow! I didn't find the internet until 1999!! :)
ReplyDeleteI had Prodigy in college. I even made a really boring video about it for my video production class. Talk about documentation...I have a screenshot of almost every feature on there set to "Take Five" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Yep, I was a real bleeding edge videographer.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog, btw. Just found it today.