[Shotimes] Old and Crusty
Ian Fisher
dataflash@yahoo.com
Tue, 8 Feb 2005 20:39:15 -0800 (PST)
the only thing i remember about prodigy is the
eradf234ASFAf@prodigy.com email addresses.
I don't know how anyone remembered their email
addresses. I've been on the SHO lists since
american.edu
Ian
--- Carl Prochilo <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
wrote:
> Have you taken a count of how many of us are still
> around? Not saying
> it's your job or anything, but if you did, it would
> be an interesting bit
> of trivia.
>
> There's a thread on techsho about using web
> interface versus e-mail. I
> remember when the prodigy bulletin boards first
> offered a DOS e-mail
> client that allowed download and reply capability,
> and IIRC at some point
> they started a tiered service offering where they
> charged for number of
> e-mail sent. The e-mail was an important capability
> back in the day when
> you used to get hit with connect time charges. The
> yung 'uns now take the
> internet for granted I'm sure and now it's as
> ubiquitous as drinking
> water. And for even more trivia, Prodigy Classic
> used to run on a 3090
> (some of you will know what this is) that I worked
> on in a past life.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> On Tue, February 8, 2005 10:06 am, Donald Mallinson
> said:
> > Ron Porter and I are still around from the Prodigy
> days
> > (how's that for ancient history!). I think there
> are a few
> > others that have been around that long.
> >
> > Don Mallinson
> >
> > Zach Leahy wrote:
> >
> >> Any of the old crowd still around here
> (pre-topica)? I haven't been
> >> around too much, I have been out of the country
> for a while and have had
> >> to store the SHO for a year.
> >>
> >> Anyway, good to see th SHOtimes list still
> ticking.
> >>
> >> Zach
> >> -93 MTX
> >> -85 BMW k100
> >>
> >>
>
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