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CASTLEGAR NEWS, November 23, 1983

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Home computers are much like other household Certified General 4 5 3400 - 4th Avenue
appliances — useful for what they're designed to do, Accountant { Castlegar
useless for anything else. 270 Columbia Ave:

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is slightly more complicated than using an electric can Ph: 365-2151
opener, much less than a food processor. “ z sh

Once upon a time, all computers were hard to use. -
You had to have a degree in computer science and know ——
about odd things called bits and bytes. These esoteric
machines were found only in large companies, which had MOROSO,
big enough budgets to afford them. 4 MA RKIN &

But now, in the age‘of home computers, manufac- BL Al N if
turers take pains to dispel any suspicions harbored by
the average computer-ignorant person — and Certified ly
customer — that their sleek products are,in a class with Accountants
those intimidating behemoths of the past.

Aster hone omputrasin tu he sspont in| 241 Columba Ave, iy RUWFORD | Callsat I ML LeRoy Christmas is just
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In its efforts to make computers easlér to use; the | Soli g0, Koide . |: Stimeytinns ghioeah AAG pm Don't buy another: Honda
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means of data input. (Upstairs) at

As who has d keys for ny pet se
many years, I don't find a keyboard frightening. But Castlegar .

there are others who practically freeze at the prospect of Phone 365-7745

having to use one. Typical is the company executive who
gets his secretary to do all his typing and feels his fingers

Henry John, B.Sc., C.A.
Resident Partner

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Since many microcomputers are aimed at the = beer oe J ezebe I's ; Bartle-& Gibson
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market, ve * BF : + Clothes taken on consignment.
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pack attached to the computer by a wire. Rolling this =
gizmo on a desk-top moves the cursor (the place-marker Appliances
-on the screen) while pushing a button on the mouse os
causes the computer to perform certain functions.
MEET LISA

All very friendly. Unfortunately the mouse.can't do
everything and a keyboard still must be used for some elas
applications, such as entering text in word Processing. Maytag—G.€.—Sub-Zero +
Arple menched is exeniv Tie computer with « | "i Ain Al
mouse and the creature is starting to multiply rapidly as jo Wentingha
other companies introduce clones for use on cheaper ALL SERVICE
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Hewlett Packard has come out with another neat} Castlegar Plumbing
innovation for keyboard haters. Their HP 160 micro- : -& Heating ltd.
computer has a screen that responds to the touch of a: 1008 Columbia Ave.
finger.’ 2
Say you want to make a selection from a set of 365-3388
options presented on the screen. No need to use the:
board, simply point to the choice and Press.

Just as interesting are some of the developments by

cing soft Pr are being

written that force the computer to “think” more in human
terms. %

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A mouse is a plastic box about the size of a cigarette Kootenay’s Best 365-7702 ' he

For ple W a word. 1g pro-
gram designed for the IBM Personal Computer, displays
files in a novel way. Instead of the common method of |
listing the names of files in '
displays what looks like. act
names on tabs.

To retrieve a file for editing, you simply move the} MILI) 1 APPLIANCE
cursor to the file folder you want. The user never types
the file name, as is required on most. systems, and the, REPAIR LTD.

thus forms the i of thumbing |: 412 Beresford Ava
through a traditional filing eabinet. ; Castlegar

Another program, Magic Desk for the Commodore | |
64, makes extensive use of. graphics. To record 365-5451
information on toa disk for permanent storage (a process"
that in other systems involves typing some obscure code) |} or 364-04 11
the user.aims an electronic pointer at a small sheet of
paper displayed on the screen and directs it into a visual
display of a filing’ cabinet.

It's anybody's guess what the industry will come up * Inglis
with next in its endless quest for the ultimate in * Moffatt
user-friendliness. The.consumer who's tempted by the. ° GE.
technology but thinks computers are too hard to handle * and others
might be advised to just wait a while. Home computers
are getting friendlier ‘all the time. WE ARE
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Photos by Dave Hiebert.

Thanks to Clarence Ackerman

for his participation.