Prodigy 2.x
Prodigy was an online service that offered on-line news, forums, stock information, games, banking, online shopping, and e-mail. Its primary feature was that it used a fully graphical user interface, however it was limited to very low resolutions and slow dial-up speeds, making it impractical for displaying photographs or detailed graphical documents.
It started as a joint effort between IBM and Sears. The service was initially offered at a low monthly flat-rate price, with the intention that the real money would be brought in by advertisements. When they changed to a per-hour charge in 1993, many users left.
Originally, Prodigy access used a DOS program with a powerful graphical client-server interface. Later they added a Microsoft Windows client, and eventually included web access.
It competed against other proprietary online services such as AOL, MSN, and CompuServe.
Information
- Product type
- Application Communications
- Vendor
- Prodigy Services Company
- Release date
- 1988
- Minimum CPU
- 8088
- User interface
- Text
- Platform
- DOS
- Download count
- 0 (0 for release)
Downloads
| Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Prodigy 2.0 (1988) [English] (5.25-360k) |
2.0 | English |
|
2.13MB | 0 |
|
Prodigy 2.1 (1989) [English] (5.25-360k) |
2.1 | English |
|
2.17MB | 0 |