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Computer-ease

St. Louis Users Group Newsletter, February 1988  ~  The computer can assist you in doing a particular job by removing the repetitive, detailed tasks that prevent you from seeing the larger picture. It can be fun and entertaining, as well as productive. No other invention has had such an impact on our society, other than [...]

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Rock music on the country side

St. Charles Journal, October 1993  ~  “Turn the radio up, roll the windows down, let the wind blow through your hair…” It takes twenty minutes to cross over Interstate Highway 70 on the Zumbehl Road overpass.  Hundreds of cars moving in unison, going nowhere, ever-so slowly. Drivers with blank faces stare straight ahead, ignoring the [...]

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Disability start of hard lessons

St. Charles Journal, April 18, 1993  ~  I hear the engine accelerate as the car draws closer to me. I know when it brushes past me, I will feel the warmth from that engine and breathe its exhaust fumes. As the blaring radio fades into the distance, I will continue my slow, sometimes painful journey [...]

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Piracy

St. Louis Sun: April 15, 1993  ~  There’s one, I whispered. See the black patch over one eye, funny-looking black hat, the gold front tooth, dangling earring and stumpy peg leg? One hand caressing the handle of a saber sword, the other clutching necklaces shimmering with pearls, diamonds, emeralds and rubies. Look, another one! See the dark-colored [...]

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New enhancements in MS Word

St. Louis Computing: 1991  ~  WORD is Microsoft’s WORD processing package available on the IBM PC/PS (compatibles) and Apple’s Macintosh. It was designed as a low-end desktop publisher to take full advantage of Apple’s LaserWriter and Hewlett-Packard’s laser series printers. Laser printers (using copier technology) allow you to print characters in a variety of sizes [...]

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Holiday Carols 1990

St. Louis Computing: December 1990  ~  The Three Kings of Word-Proc Are: The three kings of word-proc are Challenging features from a-far The field is Mul-ti, Word and Perrr-fect Following comes Word-star. . . . more [Why the extra click? To hinder web 'scrapers' from extracting copyrighted content.] – k

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