Digital Future: The Personal Computer Explosion--why It's Happening and what it MeansA Discussion of the History, Technology & Possible Future of Computers |
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Arrangements were even suggested by which subscribers could record the news
in their homes: “a phonograph was to be fixed to the telephone receiver 'in such a
way that the first sound over the wire would start the phonograph, which would ...
Arrangements were even suggested by which subscribers could record the news
in their homes: “a phonograph was to be fixed to the telephone receiver 'in such a
way that the first sound over the wire would start the phonograph, which would ...
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The two largest such services are The Source, which is owned by the Reader's
Digest Association, and CompuServe, a subsidiary of H&R Block, the tax-
preparation chain. By punching out the appropriate keys, a subscriber to
CompuServe, ...
The two largest such services are The Source, which is owned by the Reader's
Digest Association, and CompuServe, a subsidiary of H&R Block, the tax-
preparation chain. By punching out the appropriate keys, a subscriber to
CompuServe, ...
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planned system, meanwhile, said simply, “The cost of providing this service to the
consumer far exceeds what you can get from subscribers.” For all that, it is hard
not to believe that someone, at some point, will begin to make money on a ...
planned system, meanwhile, said simply, “The cost of providing this service to the
consumer far exceeds what you can get from subscribers.” For all that, it is hard
not to believe that someone, at some point, will begin to make money on a ...
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