Seymour Cray (8/86)
SEYMOUR CRAY by Dragon It was many and many a year ago, In a city by the bay, That a man there lived whom you may know By the name of Seymour Cray; And this man he lived with no other thought Than to build the world's fastest array. Logic was fast and memory was vast In this city by the bay: But no circuits were wired that were more inspired Than the work of Seymour Cray; With a genius that other hardware designers Coveted every day. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this city by...

1985 Computer Press Association Awards (5/86)
1985 COMPUTER PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS: "NETWEAVER" Recognition by Mike Greenly ((As some of you know, I'm presently covering the "Spring Comdex" show exclusively for NSI--for worldwide distribution via Telex and computer conferencing. However NETWEAVER belongs to *all* of us on every system, and NSI--graciously and instantly--gave permission for this account of NETWEAVER's award to be ported ANYWHERE.) ***** "What do you think?" a (mostly print) journalist once asked me testily. "Do you think you have different standards because you write online?" He asked it with a sneer, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought: yes,...

ACCESS: From Hobby to Canada's Premier Online Service (2/86)
ACCESS: From Hobby to Canada's Premier Online Service by Alan Pollock In the mid-70's, a group of computer hobbyists communicated, programmed, and blew each other up using their own software and the idle time of the local high school's computer. Little did they suspect that within a decade the fruits of their online labor would grow into Canada's most full-featured, general purpose online services. "Teleconferencing? What's That?" ================================= From time immemorial it seems, The Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal (P.S.B.G.M.) has used a Hewlett-Packard HP- 2000F minicomputer to teach programming in Montreal's high schools. Equipped with a terminal...

The Longest Weekend (1/86)
THE LONGEST WEEKEND A Tribute to David Rodale by Lisa Kimball "Come along with me to Cape Cod!!" With those words, David Rodale began a conference on Parti on The Source which I think will be remembered as one of the turning points of this medium. It was February 29th, 1984 and David was setting off to visit his friends, Frank and Jean (known as FRANKENJEAN), for a long weekend on the Cape. There had been some previous efforts to cover computer shows and special events online with some degree of reader interaction, but David's "Weekend" conference took the...

Interview with Mike Greenly (8/85)
INTERVIEW WITH MIKE GREENLY Interactive Online Journalist Extraordinaire by Stefanie Kott

The WELL: Interview with Stewart Brand (8/85)
THE WELL: WHOLE EARTH LECTRONIC LINK An Interview with Stewart Brand by George Por