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...data over telephone lines. More than 1.7 million household and business customers with computers subscribe to about 3,000 electronic-informati on services, which furnish everything from stock- price quotes to job listings. The information passes from the phone line to the computer through a connective device called a modem. These services are carried by data networks, which under the FCC plan would have to pay $4 to $5 an hour per user to local phone companies for the right to transmit and receive material over their lines. The fees would be passed on to customers and could roughly double...
...third-floor rabbit warren called the Senate Press Gallery, with its incongruously ornate ceiling and floor, joined by drab partitions of a later date. Where they once had to sit in the gallery, now correspondents can watch the action or lack thereof as they tap away at their modem word processors, sip coffee and turn down the volume on Senators D'Amato and Helms...
...Minitel plugged into their telephone line 18 months ago, they planned to use the toaster-size computer console as an electronic telephone directory. But they soon found the Minitel terminal equally convenient for paying bills, purchasing airline tickets and making theater reservations. Lately they have started shopping a la modem, issuing on-line orders for everything from foie gras to fine wines. "Each wine has a numeric code," explains Mayaux, as if buying a Burgundy electronically were the most natural thing in the world. "We punch it into the Minitel, and ten days later the wine arrives." The Mayauxs...
...must because other hard drive interfaces follow different standards, and thus might be incompatible with some software. You must have 512k and the new ROMs/800k disk drive before upgrading an old Mac with the new logic board. Additionally, the SCSI port changes the connectors on your printer and modem ports, requiring additional adapter cables (about...
Since the most commonly asked question about modems is, "What can they do?", the Happy Hacker makes one important suggestion: hook up with Harvard's massive computer facilities. And you don't even need a modem or an expensive personal computer. Just walk into the Science Center and follow any of the following suggestions. (But it's much more fun from your own dorm room...