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...finest scheme, I outlined three plans of action in case Kinko's was unable to xerox my thesis in time to meet the 5 p.m. deadline. First, I would cry. Second, I would slip the clerk $10. Third, I would call my friend Joe, cry and ask him to drive me to a Kinko's out in the suburbs...
...Kinko's of 13 Dunster St. offers walk-in self-service 24 hours a day, and a full-service plan which guarantees your thesis will be finished within two days. Self-service prices are $8 per hour and 95 cents for the first three pages. There is a 50-cent charge for each additional page. "Since mid-February people have been doing drafts, but I myself have seen no major increase in the number of theses being printed," said employee Eric E. Wilinski. Kinko's has three Macintosh stations and one laser printer...
...that's not enough, you still have to get your thesis copied, and the lines at the copy machines will get longer and longer as the big thesis deadlines approach. At Kinko's, which has one self-service machine to make thesis-quality copies, a store employee described the situation as "generally pretty crowded--after all, it's thesis time...
Although the Happy Hacker has yet to see more than a few successful applications of personal computers to the classroom, educators across the country have been writing software to assist and drill their students in everything from Algebra to Zoology. Kinko's copies, the Happy Hacker's favorite 24-hour copy center, has been the sponsor of a nationwide exchange program in which people at colleges across the country can trade various educational software. Look for their booth at the show and then make sure that you distract your chemistry professor should he attempt to gain more information. After...
...terminal isn't the only place in town with a laserwriter. Several stores in Harvard Square, including Kinko's, will happily print Mac or IBM compatible disk on a laser printer. The bill, however, will be much stiffer...