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 Message 747 
 Charles Stephenson to Alan Beck 
 RE: Mac - before they went to Intel Chip 
 21 Apr 20 19:46:02 
 
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On Apr 21st 7:30 am Alan Beck said...
 AB> Around  1984 I was walking around my College and saw a big glass room, 
 AB> full of keyboards and boxes with TV's on top of the, at least that's what 
 AB> they looked like.
 AB> 
 AB> I realised, this is the future, I had better learn to type, so I took 
 AB> typing in a room full of women (felt wierd)I learned on those electric 
 AB> IBM typewriters.
 AB>

*Smile*

I kind of had the same idea you had, 2 years later than you! I was a sophmore
in HS and I took a typing class BECAUSE it was full of females! The computer
class was next door, which I got interested in after thinking those were some
cool 'things' to try out. :)



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