QuantumLink pics

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On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Jim Leonard wrote:

> You know what I miss? Prodigy. I miss the high-resolution vector
> graphics -- some truly amazing pictures went down the 1200 baud wire
> amazingly quickly because the vector art obviously took up much less
> space than bitmap art (even ASCII art!). In 1989, it was the web before
> the web was even concieved (including advertising!!).

Heck, it was AOL before AOL was AOL.

> There was a Prodigy 'demo' disk floating around that simulated a Prodigy
> session to try to get people to sign up.  It didn't require the service
> itself, or even a modem -- does anyone have this disk?

I'm pretty sure I do, but standard caveats apply.  In this case, it's
either mixed in with a thousand other disks or it's in one of two boxes
filled with just online services manuals and software.  I'll try to check
it out when I get a chance, and if I find it I'll send a copy to you.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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