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...BankAmerica and transfer money between accounts. With his lap computer, Larry Lape, a business executive, does much of his personal banking from hotel rooms ; hundreds of miles away from his hometown Huntington National Bank in Columbus. Without leaving his home, Page Stodder, a Cleveland investment banker, can use his PC to pay bills from 82 different companies. Says Stodder: "It's faster than writing checks, putting stamps on envelopes and taking them to the mailbox...
...practical and convenient automatic teller machines. Then, too, many potential home bankers are apprehensive about computer crime, fearing that some ingenious 14-year-old will electronically make off with their life savings. Janet Pruitt, vice president for electronic banking products at Shawmut Corp. of Boston, cites another drawback: "A PC sitting at your home won't be able to withdraw cash or make deposits." For these transactions, a customer must still trek to the local bank branch or automatic teller machine. Moreover, many home-banking systems are still plagued by shutdowns and glitches. Complaints range from confusing instructions to payments...
...future looks bright for the firm. They have written books to accompany Digital's courseware and have basically taught AT&T's salesmen, "salesmen who before were just selling telephones," how to use their minicomputer, the UNIX PC. In fact, many retail stores selling AT&T computers now use the demo the two wrote to show off the features of the UNIX...
...students. As a result, the Soviets may buy thousands of Western-made ones. In January the U.S. Government loosened slightly its restrictions on computer exports to the Soviet Union. The new rules will allow shipment of relatively less powerful personal computers, such as the Apple II and the IBM PC. Since that change, the Soviets have held preliminary talks with IBM, Apple and Commodore International and with other companies in Britain, France, West Germany and Japan. Says Apple President John Sculley: "We don't have anything yet to be excited about, but we're excited about the possibility." Commodore says...
CLOCKS AND CALENDARS. Also selling well these days are some low-cost packages that equip personal computers with electronic versions of the aids found on conventional desktops: clocks, calendars, calculators, note pads, Rolodexes. Software that allows a PC owner to check the time, look up an address or remember an important luncheon appointment has been available for years. But switching from a clock to a Rolodex usually means shutting down one program and starting up another--a laborious exercise that generally is more trouble than it is worth. The key to these handy new programs is that they...