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Prodigy Interactive Personal Service Start-up Kit, 1991
Prodigy Services Company1991
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Before the Internet was accessible to the nontechnical public, consumers subscribed to networking services like Prodigy. Along with competitors like CompuServe and America Online, Prodigy promoted the Internet as a tool for information, shopping, and fun. This startup kit included a modem, software, and a free month of access to "a world of continually expanding and updated information and services."
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- Title: Prodigy Interactive Personal Service Start-up Kit, 1991
- Creator: Prodigy Services Company
- Date Created: 1991
- Location: United States, New York, White Plains
- Subject Keywords: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, Best Data Products, Inc., Communication, Computers, Internet, Technology, Floppy disks, Manuals (Instructional materials), Modems, Software
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Kit (Set)
- Object ID: 2009.5.1
- Manufacturer: Prodigy Services Company
- Image ID: THF102714
- Field: Computing
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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