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- From: jwiegand@moe.eng.temple.edu ()
- Subject: Re: PRODIGY - Speed, Cost, Usefulness, etc.
- Organization: Temple University EE Dept.
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- Keywords: prodigy macintosh
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 19:17:21 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug31.133003.26073@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug31.132528.28183@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston) writes:
- >Part of my last posting was lost.
- >
- >>In article <1992Aug29.051624.6704@ctr.columbia.edu> jwiegand@moe.eng.temple.edu () writes:
- >>>
- >>>Well, my newspaper does not force me to read the ads, as P* does.
- >>
- >>I've learned to ignore the bottom portion of the screen just as ignore the
- >>advertising in the newspaper.
- >>
- >>>I tried Prodigy twice, and the second time it was worse because
- >>>they added animated ads. Not only did I have to wait for the ad to finish,
- >>>many of them had 5-10 screens (animation cells).
- >>
- >>A little familiarity with the system could have avoided being stuck in an
- >advertisement 'Jump', etc.
- >
- >Chas
- >using 'Path',
- >
- You are assuming, of course, that there was somewhere I wanted to 'jump'
- to! But then, why read Netnews if Prodigy is so engrossing?
- And, since P* turns off the keyboard until AFTER the ad is done, what
- chance did I have to 'jump' anyway? My wife used 'path', and still got
- snagged by the animation sequences.
- IBM + Sears = Prodigy.
-
- jim (still not convinced, but waiting for yet another free copy)
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