kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) (07/19/88)
Did you people listen to Ann Richards give the keynote address at the Democratic convention? Two things: 1) They say her computer ate the first draft of her speech. Was it a Mac? 2) She held up and read from a letter. The problem is that she is far sighted, so on CBS we saw over her shoulder. It was big type, likely off a dot matrix computer. Was it a Mac? Kent Borg kent@lloyd.uucp or husc6!lloyd!kent
mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Mark Interrante) (07/19/88)
I recall reading somewhere that ABC is using hypercards to keep the mounds of idiosyncratic data on the convention. Appearently many of the reporters and commentators are using it. The stack is ~7000 cards etc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Interrante Software Engineering Research Center mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu CIS Department, University of Florida 32611 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know." Marvin Minsky
spector@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) (07/21/88)
There is a large article in this weeks' MacWEEK about the ABC news stacks.
Quite impressive. The issue is: MacWEEK, Volume 2, number 29, Jul. 19, 1988
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XYZZYGLORPtwakeman@hpcea.CE.HP.COM (Teriann Wakeman) (07/23/88)
The stack that ABC uses to keep track of the Democrat presidential race was demo'ed at a AHUG (Apple Hypercard User Group) meeting several months ago. It was VERY impressive. You could find anything (easily & quickly) about any candidate, any candidate's stance, or past performance. Of course there were more candidates to keep track of then. There was also a section containing state demographics. Navigation seemed very easy, and you could get quickly from any place to any place. There were sections set aside for each newscaster to keep private notes. Where ever information was accessed by the candidate's name, a picture of the candidate was also provided next to the name. TeriAnn