[Shotimes] Re: Cheating, was Annie goes solo too

[Donald Mallinson]

Yes, the good days for Prodigy before they started charging 
extra for the use of the BB.

Also, before rambling on about Prodigy, Our group has always 
considered the Gen's to be thus:

Gen 1 1989-1991 (and by default all Tauri built from day one 
through 1991.)
Gen II 1992 through 1995
Gen III 1996 through 1999
Gen IV 2000 through today.

Seems funny that Ford now runs our Gen I and II into Gen I, 
when there was more of a body change in 1992, than there was 
in 2000.  By that rule, then there should just be two 
Generations with the break between '95 and '96.

But WE are right.....right?

I started SHO Fast SEdan News in 1991 right after buying my 
'89 and not finding anything about the car on Prodigy.  By 
the time they killed Prodigy with fees, SFSN was the oldest 
continuous running thread on the site.  Quite a feat!

Ron Porter kept SFSN running for a year or two after I 
jumped ship for SHOtimes and got a local ISP.

Can't remember the exact date of that change though, maybe 
Ron will remember.

Anyone remember that at a couple of conventions we had a 
display for internet based groups?  I built a hinged board 
to display information about internet groups (Bill Staib at 
the time kind of considered them competition for the 
Registry, so he never got directly involved, but to his 
credit, he didn't try to prevent the growth of the groups, 
just didn't get involved, and he allowed the displays at his 
convention!).  ON that board I had a map of the United 
States that people could put a push pin where they lived. 
Made for quite a neat display, maybe we should do that 
again, starting with the CA convention?

Don Mallinson

Carl Prochilo wrote:
> Now I wish I had saved that old data.  I'm sure Don M. will chime in here
> soon.
> 
> Let's see.  I bought my 92 on 7/31/1992.  I'm sure I was an active member of
> that forum shortly thereafter.  Darn, I can't even remember the acronym
> anymore.  Fast Sedan News or something like that.  It was definetely one of
> the better BBs on Prodigy.  Vadim introduced himself and his business there.
> The two Doug's were on too.  Steve Hazard and NESHOC.  I could go on...
> 
> Anyway, P* started to charge for messages sent IIRC, and then as the
> internet started to become ubiquitous many of us switched to Prodigy
> Internet or other ISPs, our friend David started Shotimes, and that as they
> say was that.
> 
> But yes, there were Gen 2 owners on the old Produgy Classic bulletin boards.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Mucher" <mmucher@bellsouth.net>
> To: "'Carl Prochilo'" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>;
> <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 9:32 PM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: Cheating, was Annie goes solo too
> 
> 
> 
>>Carl,
>>
>>As an old Prodigy list member, I don't remember there being a second gen
> 
> at
> 
>>the time (tho I guess there was)...
>>
>>When did that list die?
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>>On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
>>Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 9:19 PM
>>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Cheating, was Annie goes solo too
>>
>>I suppose it's a mild controversy of sorts, but as long as I can remember,
>>and this dates back to Prodigy days, this community has alway
> 
> distinguished
> 
>>89-91 as a "Gen" and 92-95 as another "Gen".
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Carl Prochilo
>>92 Ultra Red Crimson
>>
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