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- From: alasnik@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Adam Lasnik)
- Subject: Re: Prodigy
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- In <1992Dec22.91840.8153@ms.uky.edu> kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron) writes:
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- >alasnik@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Adam Lasnik) writes:
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- >>I am really getting annoyed with all the "I've-never-tried-it-but-I
- >>know-it's-BAAAAD" crap.
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- >>You can get free trial kits from ANY current Prodigy member, including
- >>myself, with no obligation. It's a month free (almost*) unlimited usage.
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- >Okay, tell me where I can get one for my Commodore Amiga.
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- Ken,
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- As you may or may not know, Prodigy is only available on the PC or Mac. Sorry
- :-(
-
- There's a solid reason WHY Prodigy needs such an extensive front end to work.
- Much of the processing is done on the user's PC, and much of the data is stored
- on the user's hard drive as well, to speed things up. And at 9600 baud
- with a fast computer and video card, it IS VERY fast!
-
- Sorry that it's not available on other computers. Frankly, I don't think it
- will ever be, because with IBM and MACS so dominant, there's no economic
- incentive for Prodigy to expand to other platforms.
-
- --ADAM "KEYS" LASNIK
-