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Little did they know…

by @ 13:22 on January 29, 2009. Filed under Business.

Ed Driscoll dug up a 1981 report of the first move of a bunch of newspapers setting up shop on CompuServe. While that is a bit before my time (I was thoroughly contented with the Atari 2600), the list of papers reads like a who’s who of the current failures. Yes, the Minneapolis Star and Tribune is there, along with The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times.

I don’t know what is more quaint; the rotary phone with handset modem, the TV hookup for the computer, the all-caps display, the “We’re probably not going to lose a lot (of money)” quote, or the 2 hours to download an ASCII version of the paper.

For your viewing pleasure, I present the KRON-TV report:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ[/youtube]

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