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...beep here often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hot Flashes | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

...little men." Americans can soon tune in. Within a few months Flashings will be offered in Los Angeles singles clubs and through ads. Price: $110. As in Paris, buyers will also receive a hot-line number that they can call to learn where their Flashings are most likely to beep. Brunet is undaunted by Los Angeles' reputation as a sexual smorgasbord. The number of Flashing frequencies, she says, can be expanded almost indefinitely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hot Flashes | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

...sure, much of the public-domain software is amateurish or trivial-for example, programs that imitate birdcalls or beep out the William Tell Overture. But there are free, first-rate programs that enable machines to edit documents or keep electronic ledger books for home businesses. Software abounds for such games as chess and blackjack. One program called A.T.C. simulates the challenge of being an air-traffic controller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Software Is for Sharing | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

...doesn't beep, bleep, buzz or zap. It is played on a simple 20-in. by 20-in. multicolored board with a wheel-shaped pattern. Any number from two to 24 players ask each other questions drawn from 1,000 cards; a correct answer allows the player to move. Hardly Dragon's Lair but with a price tag as high as $40 in the U.S., it is indisputably a Boardwalk of board games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Let's Get Trivial | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

...user fee will go up from $1 to $2 per hour on November 1. The coin-operated machines will beep after 15 minutes, signalling a three-minute grace period to either insert another quarter or log off, However, van Ballen stressed that failure to log off will not cause the user to lose his material...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Word Processor Policies Introduced | 9/29/1983 | See Source »

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