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...they were overpriced. The company later formed joint ventures with Convergent Technologies and Italy's Olivetti to make personal computers under the AT&T brand. It also formed a partnership with Sun and made a number of minor acquisitions, including Paradyne, a modem maker, and Istel, which customizes computer systems. But AT&T never managed to capture more than 3% of the market, and losses have mounted to as much as $3 billion. Rumors began to swirl about a possible merger as a quick fix. Among the known targets: EDS, Sperry, Digital Equipment, Wang and Data General...
...Istel has imported improvements. The jolt of the opening chute is eliminated by the use of a German invention, a sleeve that slowly deploys the inflating canopy instead of letting it snap open with a jerk. Open gores, or pie-shaped sections cut out of the canopy, developed by the British and Russians, permit the parachutist to steer by tugging on the wooden toggles attached to the risers. He insists that for the first five jumps the chutes be opened automatically by a static line attached to the aircraft. After that, the adventurous jumper can essay the free fall...
...Peruvian Andes, early next month will parachute into the remote upper reaches (9,000-14,000 ft.) of the Vilcabamba range-an unmapped area never penetrated by outsiders and considered a possible site of early Inca civilization. Accompanying Gimbel on the three-month trip: Champion Parachutist Jacques Istel...
Tracing the recent evolution of parachuting, Istel noted that the ranks of 'chustist has swelled from a handful in 1955 to "between 50 and 70,000 today." Commenting on film clips of jumping in California he observed that skydivers can vary their speed of fall, and can reach speeds of 120 m.p.h...
Following discussion of the equipment of parachuting, the panelists turned to competitive jumping. Explaining the requirement of series and accuracy jumps, Istel pointed out that in men's competition the 'chutist does not know the order in which he will have to perform the series until he had begun his free fall and receives signals from the ground. Following the 'chutists, the five-man from Nefertiti discussed the America's Cup races, dwelling on the changes in design of Cup defenders and especially of Nefertiti...