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From: owen@euclid.enet.dec.com (Steve Owen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Anyone using prodigy with an AMIGA?
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Date: 22 Apr 91 21:31:02 GMT
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In article <1991Apr22.133438.29891@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, cole@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes...
>Could someone please tell me if it is possible to use the prodigy service
>with an amiga?  I've seen PC clones for sale that come with prodigy specific
>software.  Is there software available for the amiga as well?  Is this prodigy
>software prodigy specific?  Does it allow the prodigy user to do things that
>aren't possible with an amiga running a commercial softeware product?
> 
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
>Tom Cole
>University of Kansas

Tom,
About 6 months ago this very question caused quite a stir around here.  
Apparently Prodigy (a joint venture between IBM and Sears(?)) won't port over 
to the Amiga.  One of the reasons given was that the Amiga would make it look 
bad because it's special graphics chips would make the screen updates tons 
faster than an IBM or MAC.

Anyway, everyone wrote letters to prodigy and called them up and told them to 
port it over to the Amiga, but alas they didn't.  I guess if they did, the 
Amiga would become a 'legit' computer in their minds.

You don't want it anyway... it sucks.

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