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Article: Prodigy is first major online service to introduce bulletin board archive with search engine; enables members to browse more than 17 million notes.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- February 29, 1996
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 1996--Prodigy today became the first major online service to introduce a Bulletin Board Archive equipped with a powerful search engine.
The Bulletin Board Archive (BBA) contains more than 17 million notes posted by Prodigy members over the preceding 17-month period, and enables members to claim more "consumer-oriented" postings than the internet. In addition, the archive can help members drastically reduce their time spent browsing bulletin boards, by allowing them to download their selected notes and view them offline. Members who choose to view the notes online may still do so.
Beginning today, Prodigy members ...