Subj : Re: Technology
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Wed Mar 18 2020 16:02:00

-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 03-13-20  06:55 <=-

 >  JM> He had a "computer room" and went on at great length how he could
 >  JM> get the Washington Post over the computer and print out stories he
 >  JM> wanted to read.
 NB>> You were right, though.... it takes a lot of paper to print out the
 NB>> whole paper... and newsprint paper doesn't go through the printer all
 NB>> that well, so the feel is totally different... ;)
 JM> He could print out the whole paper (or what was offered) or just
 JM> selected stories.
 JM> I wondered why someone would something so clunky. 
 JM> But I also began to think that computers in the home could be a
 JM> possibility.  But it was all limited what was possible so why spend
 JM> the money on this?

That was somewhat my take on them as well...

 JM> Of course it was only about two years later I got my Commie.  :)
 JM> If I hadn't seen that demo I might not have become interested in
 JM> them that early.

Richard was interested in having a home computer before I was... he was
collecting parts to build his own for a while... Then my sister lent me
time on their home computer to type up minutes for an organization I was
part of at the time... and I was a little more willing to consider the
idea...  I'd been holding out for a computer that could transcribe music
from a recording.... ;)

ttyl          neb

.... I still have a full deck, I just shuffle slower now.

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