"Anyone remember their tech support? Nice people."
Yup. That's practically how I learned to fix computers (and use them). My crappy, also a Packard Bell, 486 SX 25 was always breaking down and the good people over at Prodigy were always willing to walk me thru. Altough after awhile (it was always breaking) I came to learn that most of the time they didn't know what they were talking about and were breaking the computer more than fixing it.
Great way to learn something tho, actually the only time, is when something breaks. As long as you have the time I guess. =]
Hey I was 10 years old.
One last thing. I remember my mom asking me if she could rent those banners that Prodigy had for her business. Lost revenue stream? Thank god for the web now anyone can have there own friggin' site for as much as it probably cost for one of those banners. That's progress.
P.S. I still have a bunch of the install disks for the old Prodigy. I should sell them on eBAY to see how much someones willing to pay for this (junk) umm I mean piece of history. =]
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"Anyone remember their tech support? Nice people."
Yup. That's practically how I learned to fix computers (and use them). My crappy, also a Packard Bell, 486 SX 25 was always breaking down and the good people over at Prodigy were always willing to walk me thru. Altough after awhile (it was always breaking) I came to learn that most of the time they didn't know what they were talking about and were breaking the computer more than fixing it.
Great way to learn something tho, actually the only time, is when something breaks. As long as you have the time I guess. =]
Hey I was 10 years old.
One last thing. I remember my mom asking me if she could rent those banners that Prodigy had for her business. Lost revenue stream? Thank god for the web now anyone can have there own friggin' site for as much as it probably cost for one of those banners. That's progress.
P.S. I still have a bunch of the install disks for the old Prodigy. I should sell them on eBAY to see how much someones willing to pay for this (junk) umm I mean piece of history. =]