Anyone remember Prodigy? I was working at Spiegel Catalog in the 80's-90's. I'll never forget when they put me on the team that had to handle "Prodigy" orders. My first thought was why would someone bother to order this way when they could pick up a phone and call a toll-free number. This was around the same time that we got a fax machine in our office.
To this day, I still have no idea how either work but can't imagine life without them.