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The SF Examiner is bitter Republican crap.
Well, they could’ve made some money if they’d adapted their business models when it became obvious that the internet was the medium of choice. This report is from almost 30 years ago, and the internet has been in fairly widespread use for the last 10-15 years, with more users every year since. Web-based news didn’t exactly sneak up on us.
It’s sad to see newspapers go, but it sure would’ve been nice to have some more visionary publishers out there to drive the industry where it needed to be to survive.
Gotta love the TRaSh-80’s being used in the video! I had one with a cassette tape drive and 4K of RAM (which I later upgraded to 16K).
I like the caption:
Richard Holloran
Owns Home Computer
That’s great–in 1981 they had the concept that you would “turn on” your computer in the morning. As if it’s ever turned off now.
Holy crap, it’s like living in the dark ages.
Interesting point #4
ubiquity achieved.
Oh 1981, you’re so quaint.
Thanks, Dan, that was cute.