30 Dec
2015
30 Dec
'15
4:46 a.m.
On 30 Dec 2015, at 11:58, Ian S. King <isking at
uw.edu> wrote:
But it is intriguing to see the computer as
pop-culture artifact within a
broader grouping of like artifacts. (You're welcome, Jay.) In my academic
work, I use the term 'consumer computer' rather than 'personal computer'
because the latter term is so overloaded and controversial.
Great terminology. Can I have permission to use it too :-)
I do have to say, though, that in the '80s many if
not most phones had
transitioned to touch-tone 'dialing' (what a delightfully archaic term!).
Nit picked. ? Ian
Not in Australia where the article was written. Government regulations meant that phones
still had dials and modems were both hard to get and very expensive.
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