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...full--blown computer system is made up of several components. First is the basic system, which includes the computer system unit, memory, video monitor and keyboard. In addition to the system unit ($800-$2000), you will also need software ($10-$400), and you will probably want to buy a printer ($150-$1500). And that's expensive stuff...
Although a computer system can be complete without a printer, most students find it useful to have one always hooked up. The alternative is to use a roommate's printer or one of the many printing facilities at Harvard. (Stay tuned for more from the Happy Hacker on different types of printers available...
...mysterious process of creativity remains offstage in this short look back, but the sources of Ambler's work are discernible in his genealogy. His paternal grandfather was a printer's proofreader; his maternal grandfather was a cabinetmaker. This heritage, suggests the writer, must account for his tongue-and-groove plots and for a lifelong addiction to the printed word. The child's first polysyllabic effort was "Me-di-ter-ra-ne-an," a favorite locale for later fictions...
...measures only 2 in., but can store up to 50 pictures, vs. 24 to 36 images on conventional 35-mm film, and is reusable. After shooting, the photographer can pop the disk into a recorder to view the images on a TV screen or reproduce them on a special printer. He can use a transceiver to send pictures via telephone lines...
...technicians are accustomed to seeing months of effort speed by in just a few minutes of screen time. Kenneth Smith, who operates the optical printer, estimates that he and his co-workers spent eight months creating just 3 1/2 minutes of special effects for E.T. like the bicycles that flew through the air at the film's end. "I compare it to working on a cathedral," he says. "I'm just a stone mason working on a gargoyle in a corner. I want to make the best one I can, of course. But I just wish they'd use more...