[1052]
{C So } I own [ a, + a ] P C A T at my home. /
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[1095]
Uh-huh, /I could never justify owning a personal computer at home, {F uh, } /{E I mean, } that's quite an expense to look for, {F uh, } /{D well, } who is this, /what do you use yours at home for? /
[1052]
{D Well, } that's actually a good question. /My wife works out of [ the home, + our home. ] /She has an office /{C and } in fact she sits in the office /{C and } she uses it to compose and print out letters. /
[1095]
Okay, /{D well } {D now. } -/
[1052]
{C So } that's a very regular use of it that she has. /
[1095]
Uh-huh. /
[1052]
{C And } in addition to that I tinker around with it. /I'm a computer scientist. /
[1095]
Oh. /
[1052]
[ {C And } + {C so } ] I write programs to do little things /I'm actually working on a data base at home just to keep track of things nothing special. /{C And } also I'm interested in writing some programs that will kind of {D like } remind me of things like remind me that Wednesdays is trash day and the like. /
[1095]
{F Uh, } {F huh, } {D well, }
[1052]
Uh-huh. /
[1095]
{C So, } {F uh, } I learned to repair one /{C but } {D you know } I never really learned to operate one. /
[1052]
{F Oh, } that's a key thing. /{D Well, } {D actually } that's a, - /there's really two issues to that that there's so many software packages available today.
[1095]
Yes. /
[1052]
That just require no programming. /{C So } that yo-, - /in other words when someone built that software packet they had to use the programming /{C but } if they were careful, they could make the use of it totally without understanding how the computer works. /
[1095]
Uh-huh. /
[1052]
{C But } I think you you really hit the nail on the head. /For the average person is exactly what he can use it for. /{C And } if your wife isn't working out of the home and sending letters /{C or } if you don't want to build a data base to keep track of the <
[1095]
{D Well, } {F uh, } space is a handicap with me, /I live in a motor home. /
[1052]
{F Oh, } I see /{D well. } -/
[1095]
{C And } I'm preparing for retirement. /
[1052]
I see /{D well, } congratulations on that. /
[1095]
{C And } I'm not to far from it another year and a half. /
[1052]
Yeah, /{D well, } actually one other thing I might ought to mention is that they are actually getting quite cheap. /
[1095]
Yes, /definitely, /{C but } just like the computers. /
[1052]
Uh-huh. /
[1095]
{F Uh, } remember how they started out running three, four hundred dollars. /
[1052]
Right. /{F Oh, } the calculators you mean. /
[1095]
{E I mean } [ ca-, + calculators, ] /I beg your pardon. /
[1052]
Yeah, /they sure do. /Yeah /I actually was thinking about upgrading mine very recently and kind of look at the whole spectrum. /You can actually buy a whole
[1095]
You're kidding. /
[1052]
No. /
[1095]
Including a printer? /
[1052]
{D Well, } {D actually } I wasn't including a printer, /{C but } [ you + you ] can buy a printer now for a hundred dollars /{C so } make it seven hundred. /
[1095]
A hundred? /
[1052]
Yeah. /
[1095]
Wholly smoke, /a respectable one? /
[1052]
Yes, /uh-huh. /
[1095]
{D Well, } {D see } of not being particularly interested I don't keep track of prices on them, /{C but } [ [ I'm, + I'm, ] + that ] does amaze me. /
[1052]
Yeah, /the prices had plummeted, /you can buy [ [ the computer + the guts ] + just the guts ] with the power supply,
[1095]
# Uh-huh. # /
[1052]
# the # box and the mother board of a type of computer called an eighty, eighty-eight, for about two hundred dollars. /
[1095]
{F Huh. } /
[1052]
{C And then } the keyboard is another fifty, /the monitor with the card that drives is another hundred /{C and then } the disk drive is two fifty. /
[1095]
{D Well, } [ what, + what ] is [ a + a ] good brand a inexpensive. /
[1052]
{D Well, } [ that's + that's ] the deal is you're not buying brands now, /you're buying these knock offs, /{C so } there's, - /probably the way to do it if you really wanted to buy one is there's a magazine called COMPUTER SHOPPER. /
[1095]
Uh-huh. /
[1052]
It's a big magazine, /it's twelve inches [ [ acro-, + narrow, ] + the narrow ] side and --
[1095]
{F Oh, } wow. /
[1052]
-- seventeen inches the tall side /{C and } it's probably an inch thick a thousand pages. /{C But } [ the book is, + the magazine is ] full of these [ mail order, + computer mail-order ] houses /{C and } they're all competing with each. /
[1095]
Uh-huh. /
[1052]
{C So } you just flip through there until you find a
[1095]
{F Uh. } /
[1052]
{C And } you mix and match /{C and then } you do it by mail-order. /{C But } there's no real brands /it's probably a half a dozen companies around the world that are making those mother boards, the main computer, the circuit board. /
[1095]
I see. /How do you go about getting one of those a catalogs? /
[1052]
They're available in, {D you know, } the B Daltons, [ that + that ] type of thing. /
[1095]
Uh-huh. /
[1052]
You'll notice [ that in + that ] [ [ [ it's, + it's a, ] + it's a, ] + although it's a ] magazine it's large. /{C And } like I said it's about an inch thick
[1095]
Uh-huh, /{D well, } getting back to the P C -s, /I'll tell you, /I ya, - /first of all I don't like a machine that's smarter than me. /
[1052]
[1095]
And secondly, I did learn this much about computers, /[ they + they ] are pretty stupid because they add one and one up and come up with ten. /
[1052]
[1095]
In binary. /
[1052]
That's right
[1095]
{D Well, } anyway that's one ever my favorite jokes. /
[1052]
{F Oh, } yeah
[1095]
One and one equals ten. /
[1052]
Yeah, /that's great. /
[1095]
Course [ it's + it's ] kind of an inside joke, {D you know. } /
[1052]
Yeah. /
[1095]
You can only tell that to somebody who understands binary. /
[1052]
[1095]
{C So } what, - /do you, {F uh, } {F uh, } work with a computers [ a + ] at T I? /
[1052]
I did for years /{C and then } I was a scientist over in central research labs /{C and } just recently I've changed my job to actually do some of the marketing. /
[1095]
Uh-huh. /
[1052]
{F Uh, } now [ I + I ] type that one, /{C but } I don't use it anymore. /
[1095]
Uh-huh, /{D well } I just recently started using one.
[1052]
# Uh-huh. # /
[1095]
# In # connection with my work. /
[1052]
Yes. /
[1095]
{F Uh, } I keep track of an inventory here. /
[1052]
Uh-huh. /
[1095]
{C And } of course now that is where a computer is very handy. /
[1052]
Yes, /I agree. /
[1095]
{C And, } {D well } [ I, + it's ] my responsibility to see that equipment is sent off to be calibrated. /
[1052]
{F Oh, } yeah. /
[1095]
{D See } I'm with the Q R A lab.
[1052]
{F Oh, } I see /that's fascinating. /
[1095]
Qualification and evaluation /{C so } naturally our equipment has to be in top condition and is constantly calibrated, /
[1052]
# Uh-huh. # /
[1095]
# {C and } # they're dated. /{C So } I have to keep up with them, {F uh, } /[ {C and } + {C and } ] it's very handy doing it on the computer. /
[1052]
Yeah. /
[1095]
I just run a printout every week /[ {C and } + {C and } ] it puts me right up-to-date [ what I'm, + what I have to do, ] what I have to ship, what I should be expecting to be returned. /
[1052]
Uh-huh. /
[1095]
{C So } a, - /[ it + it ] is handy. /
[1052]
Right. /
[1095]
{C And } I must admit that up until I did start using one, {F uh, } [ it was, + ] I had very little interest in computers. /
[1052]
Yes
[1095]
{C But } they are amazing. /
[1052]
Yeah, /they certainly are. /{C So } let's [ see, + see ] /{C so } I guess with respect to the question, - /yeah, /I guess we've kind of covered it. /
[1095]
I think we did. /
[1052]
Great, /nice little conversation with you Jack. /
[1095]
Yeah, /Mike you take care now. /
[1052]
# Good day. # /
[1095]
# Good luck # to you. /