Prodigy, Inc. records

Collection

Identifier: CBI 266

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Prodigy, Inc. Records inlcude drafting note documents; screen shots of applications; presetation slides; distributer strategy documents; advertisements; publicity; photographs of packaging and inserts from PD; videos; '89, '90, and '95 install disk files; cost charts; architechure charts; list of books on Prodigy; and planning documents. There is a legend of initals to authors of these files. The author's initals are located in the name of the file.

Dates

1983 - 2010

Biographical / Historical

In the wake of Videotex, Prodigy services began in 1983 as Trintex, comprised of CBS, Sears Roebuck and Company, and IMB Corp. They offered subscribers access to networked services, including news, weather, shopping, bulletin boards, games, polls, expert columns, banking, stocks, travel, and more. Trintex soon changed to Prodigy when CBS left the deal. Prodigy Classic, a proprietary interface and not a true internet service provider, was discontinued in 1999 to make way for Prodigy Internet. In 2006 SBC bought Prodigy, then SBC bought AT& T. As of 2011 Prodigy- created web pages were no longer supported.

Extent

1 DVD

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Contains PDFs, Word Documents, and photos of materials relating to the online service Prodigy

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Electronic records donated by Kurt Steinwascher, 2016.

Condition Description

1 DVD

Subjects

Business correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
CBS Television Network Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
IBM computers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Internet service providers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Prodigy (Online service) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Promotional materials Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Sears, Roebuck and Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Software Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
viewtron Subject Source: Local sources