[net.micro] flame - colleges who require micros

russ (02/03/83)

#N:kirk:22100004:000:1098
kirk!russ    Jan 25 22:18:00 1983

	!flame on!

	I'm getting peeved at the many people who think that CMU is
	requiring their freshman to buy computers.  Everyone who refers
	to colleges requiring computers of their freshman seems to
	think that CMU is the first.  I'll say it now, and I'll say
	it loud: Clarkson College is buying their freshman computers!
	And not just a measly Atari, like Stevens is buying their
	engineering freshmen.  Clarkson is giving every freshman, even
	the hockey players, a Zenith Z-100 computer (dual 8085-8088,
	128K, 640 x 290 bit-mapped graphics).

	Yes, that's right, little Clarkson College of Technology, in
	upstate New York, is giving their freshman computers.  Of
	course, there is a little matter of tuition going up by $200
	per semester.  But Clarkson is the very first to give every
	incoming freshman a computer.

	!flame off!

	You see, the reason I'm so pissed is that I'm going back to
	school at Clarkson for a phd.  My assistantship and probably
	dissertation will involve writing network software to inter-
	connect all of the computers together

					Russ Nelson
					...kirk!russ