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Tom Swift Lives

Author
Lee Felsenstein
Publication
People’s Computer Company
Publisher
People's Computer Center
Date
c. 1974
Place
Menlo Park, California
ETC archive
ETC1168

Abstract

Published five times yearly. Contains articles about computing projects in the US. Focuses on home computing. This article concerns the development of terminals for the Community Memory public-access information retrieval system operating in Berkeley and San Francisco.
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Lee Felsenstein. Tom Swift Lives. People’s Computer Company. People's Computer Center. c. 1974.

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ETC1168

Published five times yearly. Contains articles about computing projects in the US. Focuses on home computing. This article concerns the development of terminals for the Community Memory public-access information retrieval system operating in Berkeley and San Francisco.

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