From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!davy
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: Computer Dating - (nf)
Article-I.D.: pur-ee.761
Posted: Sat Dec 18 22:28:08 1982
Received: Thu Dec 23 08:29:04 1982

#N:pur-ee:14600015:000:2100
pur-ee!davy    Dec 18 20:43:00 1982


    I found a little card a couple days ago while digging through
a pile of my dad's old junk.  It said:

Front:
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|   	WANT AN     							   |
|   	IDEAL DATE?!!						           |
|									   |
|   	 LET OPERATION MATCH 						   |
|   	   FIND IT FOR YOU!						   |
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Back:
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|   	...JOIN THE MOST ADVENTUROUS                                       |
|   	  EXPERIMENT IN OUR TIME...                                        |
|								   	   |
|   WHAT'S YOUR TYPE?							   |
|								   	   |
|   Blonde, brunette? Mod, swinger,  dumb,  sexy,  intellectual,  cool?    |
|   Whatever it is, it can be your by computer!     			   |
|   									   |
|   There are thousands of possible matches for dating,  but  let's  be    |
|   modest,  that's too many to check out. Here's where OPERATION MATCH    |
|   comes in.     							   |
|   									   |
|   HOW DOES IT WORK?    						   |
|   									   |
|   Upon receipt of your card you  will  be  sent  a  free  personality    |
|   questionaire  and  answer sheet. You return the answer sheet and we    |
|   enter  your  date  preferences  into  a  computer.  It  scans   the    |
|   qualifications  of  every  member of the opposite sex within dating    |
|   distance and selects the five or more best matches for you.     	   |
|   									   |
|   Your matches will be "mutual," as not only do your dates meet  your    |
|   requirements  but  you also meet theirs. Over 200,000 students from    |
|   more  than  1000  colleges  have  been  matched.  Meet  your  ideal    |
|   date...SEND IN A CARD TODAY!     					   |
|   									   |
|   			       C. NSMS, August 1967 All Rights Reserved    |
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Wasn't OPERATION MATCH the first computer dating service?  Anyway, thought 
you'd all be interested.....

--Dave Curry
pur-ee!davy