Word: modems
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...camaraderie that developed in the mid-'70s, when personal computers were new and commercial software was scarce. Pioneer users, sharing their breakthroughs and building on one an other's work, traded programs much as Little Leaguers swap baseball cards. One of the most popular titles was MODEM, a 1977 program that allowed personal-computer owners to send programming instructions to one another by telephone. Its author, IBM Engineer Ward Christensen, takes pride in never having profited from his labor of love. Says he: "People sometimes send me money out of the blue, but I always send it back...
...then her crimes have escalated. She is now a member of the Front for the Liberation of Europe, a violent terrorist gang. The ingenuous Harvey is abruptly surrounded by lawyers and well-wishers who compound his confusion and television reporters who increase his distress. They are, of course, the modem equivalents of Job's comforters and plagues...
PASSOVER IS A TIME of tradition. The recent controversy over revisions in the Passover service's Haggadah to include references to the Holocaust, the civil rights movement and other modem trials alongside of the traditional story of the flight out of Egypt has shown that tradition dies hard. But even if you are revisionist, there is one tradition this Passover Season you should not miss-a trip to see the musical Fiddler on the Roof currently playing at Kirkland...
Chemical Bank last month began advertising its new Pronto system. With a TV set, an Atari 400 home computer (cost: about $60) and a modem ($75) to connect the terminal via a telephone line to the bank's computers, Pronto will do nearly every banking chore except dispense cash. Patrons can check their balances 24 hours a day, transfer money from one account to another, keep records on five separate budgets for such expenses as travel or household bills, and pay bills to about 350 companies ranging from Bloomingdale's to American Express. If the customers have...
...equipment necessary to play the game can cost less than $300 or more than $5,000 for a deluxe system that combines computer, modem, printer and disc drives. Once the machinery is installed and the modem plugged in, there are hundreds of computer networks accessible by phone, from bulletin boards geared to specific machines to on-line dating services that anyone can join. The most popular pay-for-connect-time utilities, like The Source (40,000 subscribers) and Compu Serve (70,000), advertise in newspapers and computer magazines. These commercial operations offer their subscribers news, horoscopes, games and travel tips...