Word: readouts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like the Yamaha DX7IIFD look like the instrument panel of a new Ferrari prototype. The Roland E-20 ($2,500) even has a liquid-crystal display window that flashes such information as the chord being played and the tempo being used, expressed in beats per minute. Looking at a readout to see what chord you are playing can be a hotdog move, like a weekend racer eyeing his tachometer to check how he is doing...
...graduated from college and became a music teacher. Then she lost her hearing. Now, thanks to a computer and a collection of special tools for the blind, she has made a new career as a proofreader of Braille music. Using the VersaBraille, a machine that produces a raised-dot readout of characters as they appear on a computer screen, she has been able to meet and keep in touch with hundreds of acquaintances on the CompuServe computer network. Says she: "I am deaf and blind, sure, but I am not disabled...
...know yet, and we won't know until we get a better readout on some of the credit problems that might spew out of this. Although we don't know of any, there may be problems in terms of ripple effects. So we have to wait and see. But we're doing what we can. I think the policy moves we've made are the right ones. We're in close contact with the exchanges. And we've just had some good numbers: growth in the third quarter came in at 3.8%, much stronger than we anticipated. That's good...
Other products are even more portable and flexible. Intoximeters Inc. of St. Louis produces the transistor radio-size Alco-Sensor, which is being used for roadside tests by police in cities like New York. The $390 device gives a digital readout when the suspect breathes into its plastic mouthpiece. In July, Allstate Distributors of Marietta, Ga., introduced a coin-operated tester for use in taverns...
...plane to follow or strict flight instructions. Long-range navigation above clouds or over the sea was an inexact science, and planes often meandered wildly off course. Now most commercial jets on intercontinental flights are equipped with Inertial Navigation Systems, which permit a pilot to get an instantaneous readout of his position with no more than a mile or so of error after a flight of 6,000 miles. Such equipment seldom fails; most transoceanic planes, including Korean Airlines Flight 007, have two systems operating, with a third as a backup...