Mike in Horseheads Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Any body here used to use the Prodigy dial up internet from the 90's? We had a great group of people on there and for what it's worth I was "Garden Spot Mike" and still here in Horseheads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I was on it. Hell if I know who I was, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted August 2, 2015 Author Share Posted August 2, 2015 I was on it. Hell if I know who I was, though. Actually I think that was my sign off and name showed. Do the names Bill Labold, Bob Lamb, Mike Krill, Mike Guerra and Ron Lenvendowski mean anything? I am Mike Raniewicz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Bob Lamb wasa good guy, he was on this site when I first got here. I remember he moved to San Diego(?). If memory serves, he made it back to the first tailgate. Actually I think that was my sign off and name showed. Do the names Bill Labold, Bob Lamb, Mike Krill, Mike Guerra and Ron Lenvendowski mean anything? I am Mike Raniewicz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted August 2, 2015 Author Share Posted August 2, 2015 Bob Lamb wasa good guy, he was on this site when I first got here. I remember he moved to San Diego(?). If memory serves, he made it back to the first tailgate. Last time I talked to him him was in SD. Lost the damn phone number. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 What was internet porn like at 2400 baud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 What was internet porn like at 2400 baud? fabulous. i got in to trouble with prodigy and aol... back then you could go in chat rooms and have porn sent to you. parents didn't like that. but i had so many teenage girls to talk to... i mean, like they always borrowed their uncles screen name and never had pictures, but the ones did were always really hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 (edited) I was on it. Hell if I know who I was, though. Ditto. Edit -- I don't mean you were on Prodigy as "ditto." Because that would be a really stupid name. Edited August 3, 2015 by eball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Amateurs. I had Compuserve in the late 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Amateurs. I had Compuserve in the late 80s. I was 9 in the late 80's. But, I was on prodigy reading y'alls posts. It is a story i've told a few times. I was only allowed to be on the computer a limited time so I would print out all the bills articles and read them then save them in my little milk crate. I still have a few, mostly later from the hyper Bills - the one of Jim Kelly's retirement is stll on my desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOBILLS78 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 So many Cindy Crawford pictures... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Without searching, prodigy was a joint venture of what 2 companies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Without searching, prodigy was a joint venture of what 2 companies? IBM and Playdough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Without searching, prodigy was a joint venture of what 2 companies? Off the top of my head. Wasn't one of the companies Sears? I don't know why that comes to mind. Am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Off the top of my head. Wasn't one of the companies Sears? I don't know why that comes to mind. Am I right? Prodigy was founded on February 13, 1984, as Trintex, a joint venture between CBS, computer manufacturer IBM, and retailer Sears, Roebuck and Company. (...I still have a prodigy.net email account, even though it was absorbed by AT&T a long while back) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Off the top of my head. Wasn't one of the companies Sears? I don't know why that comes to mind. Am I right? I didn't recall CBS but knew IBM and the greatest tech company ever known............Sears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I didn't recall CBS but knew IBM and the greatest tech company ever known............Sears. Ha! Exactly. FWIW, it seems funny Sears would be in on something like that, BUT they have always been part of the changing American landscape when it comes to innvovation, business and trend. They'd be foolish not to see the changing business landscape even way back then. Look what they started w/mail order catalog/WishBook, etc... PC's were taking off in the early 1980's and they had to see what was to be. Look what Amazon is. Interesting thing about Sears, you go through the village I live in and the next one over... You see many Sears mail order homes that are still around. IE: Homes that were ordered from Sears, delivered & built. Many have been fully restored to their original condition, lanscaped to the era. Here in Crete, Illinois they actually have a walking tour through whole neighborhoods of Sears mail order homes. Sears is every bit part of Americana and business... It really shouldn't be a surprise that they were in on the ground floor w/something like Prodigy, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Amateurs. I had Compuserve in the late 80s. Got you beat - mid '80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I remember the snazzy commercials during the Monday night football games. The guy would refer to events in the game and it seemed so awesome. I begged my parents to subscribe because I wanted to play fantasy football/rotisserie... but they wouldnt budge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Amateurs. I had Compuserve in the late 80s. CompuServe user here too, early-mid 80's (1983? 1984) on a Commodore 64 with a 300 baud modem. I really wanted a 1200 baud but couldn't afford it on a lawn mowing income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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