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From: brahms@trwspp.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Info request: Olympics on Usenet?
Message-ID: <410@trwspp.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-May-84 20:13:37 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  4 20:13:37 1984
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Organization: T R W, Redondo Beach, CA
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>  >>I read recently that all 50,000 participants at the '84 games in LA
>  >>will have their own electronic mailing address, comprising the 
>  >>largest Local Area Network in the world. They will be using the Unix
>  >>O/S,...
>
> I doubt the truth (not finger pointing) of this news.  Imagine to teach
> 50,000 athelets how to logon, read mails, save them, edit files and reply
> mails.  Would they spend time staring at the screens or tuning up their
> muscles for this once a life chance?

I heard the same info also.  That is, that during the Olympics, messages to
athletes would be done by computer.  However, if I remember correctly, it
is going to be a very specialized system that will be very easy to use for
that purpose.  Also from memory, it will be used only for receiving messages,
NOT sending them.  Saves on paper!

			-- Brad Brahms
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