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...your article on CompuSex [COMPUTERS, May 14]. Having been an active member of the CB community for more than a year, I can assure you there is much more to the system than exchanging erotic messages. I have met delightful people, shared letters and phone calls, and made friends through CB I am certain I could never have found any other way. Oh sure, CompuSex exists, but for 90% of us on CB, it is the fun and friendship we share that keep us "on line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 4, 1984 | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

...course the woman whose husband left her because of her addiction to CompuSex is confused, hurt and angry. But how can this woman be forming a support group to help other out-of-touch hacks? Talk about the blind leading the blind! The growing legions of computer buffs and professionals are loaded with people who turn to an impersonal, unemotional computer to give them what they can neither give nor get from flesh-and-blood relationships. Are eyestrain, increased white-collar crime and broken marriages the improved world the computer has brought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 4, 1984 | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

...joys of CompuSex...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: X-Rated | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

...more bizarre aspects of America's love affair with the personal computer is the growing popularity of CompuSex. This is a new form of erotic entertainment in which consenting computer owners exchange X-rated messages over the telephone lines. Anyone with a home computer can play, but the most active enthusiasts are found among the 110,000 subscribers of CompuServe, the country's largest computer network. "Eighteen months ago, it was mostly lighthearted flirting," says Dave Payton, a CompuServe regular from West Virginia. "Now people come out with all sorts of obscene propositions right on-line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: X-Rated | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

Many computer buffs find these pleasures habit forming: about 200 CB users tune in every night. Others have trouble separating computer-mediated fantasy from reality. One 35-year-old woman grew so addicted to CompuSex that her husband walked out, complaining that she was neglecting him for her machine. She then hooked up with a series of online lovers who were either disappointing or disappointed when she met them in the flesh. Now, complaining that her life is a mess, she is organizing a support group for women having similar difficulties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: X-Rated | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

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