Newspapers and Computers...in 1981
A look back this morning:
"Imagine, if you will, sitting down to your morning coffee, turning on your home computer to read the day's newspaper--well, it's not as far-fetched as it may seem..."
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January 29th, 2009 at 10:42 am
How prescient! Those folks with home computers in 1981 were true pioneers, and so were the newspaper staff members who kept plugging away at a project they didn't think would be a high income producer.
Interestingly, in 1981 I worked in television at what was KRON's sister station, KAKE-TV, in Wichita.
January 29th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Anne, that is interesting. Were computers used at all there?
I'm also struck by how enthusiastic the newspaper staff seems, and how they imagined it might be valuable in other ways--