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- From: mplumlee@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Michael A. Plumlee)
- Subject: Re: PRODIGY - Speed, Cost, Usefulness, etc.
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- Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc
- Organization: UC Irvine Department of ICS
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- Date: 29 Aug 92 03:21:35 GMT
- References: <bond.714758068@khaki19> <MCGLK.92Aug26181312@bike.rad.washington.edu>
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- In <MCGLK.92Aug26181312@bike.rad.washington.edu> mcglk@bike.rad.washington.edu (Ken McGlothlen) writes:
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- >In article <bond.714758068@khaki19> bond@rtsg.mot.com (Allan Bond) writes:
- >+----------
- >| I'm seeking PRODIGY users (and especially those who use Macs) who can tell me
- >| about their experience with the service.
- >+----------
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- >I'm an ex-Prodigy user.
-
- >+----------
- >| My father (basically computer illiterate) signed up for P* and couldn't be
- >| more excited about sending e-mail and playing with all the toys. I, on the
- >| other hand, am an experienced software engineer who's accustomed to the joys
- >| of Unix, Usenet news and Internet e-mail. A few questions:
- >|
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- Well I would suggest having your father get Compuserve, (they have a basic
- package similar to Prodigy, about 10 dollars a month), then you can send
- him mail via Internet!
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