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Article #621842Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"
From: Gareths Downstairs Computer
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 12:28
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 12:28
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On 18/04/2018 12:37, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > On 17 Apr 2018 11:23:26 GMT > Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se> wrote: > >> Justifying a home computer was really hard before the internet. > > Indeed, during the brief period I was running an ISP (1994/5) I got > a phone call from one person who had read our advert and wanted advice on > what sort of computer to buy to best access the internet since they'd had > no reason to own one before. > I disagree with those sentiments; a computer is such an exciting complex machine that it is a joy to have it just for its own sake. Computers are there to be appreciated for their own sake and not to be put to any application :-)
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