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Old 03-22-2016, 02:27 AM   #7
johndallman
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Default Re: 1980s American Cars, Guns, Gadgets and Consumer Goods [Atmosphere, look, minutiae

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Originally Posted by Icelander View Post
Uh, now I sound like an idiot, but what is it good for? I basically have no idea what computers did, beyond word processing, before they had Internet. For programmers, scientists or database administrators, I can make a fair guess, but what can more active, adventuring-type people, like FBI agents, use theirs for?
Form-filling. It will not be in any way compulsory for FBI agents to have or use computers in the field, but they would be useful for writing reports as you go along, and filling out forms. They also allow you to easily generate new versions of reports and forms with the latest/most acceptable version of the story.
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If price (assuming that it's below GURPS $50,000) is really not a factor, which one of these would a recent graduate of Computer Science from Stanford rather own in 1988, the GRiD, an IBM PC Convertible or a Toshiba T1100?
The Convertible isn't very nice. The GRiD is very cool, but may not run the software you need. The Toshiba is the practical choice. All of these are Compact Small computers per High-Tech.
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What can you use computers for in law enforcement in 1988? What was the FBI doing with them?
Apart from form-filling, accessing the ViCAP system via dial-up.

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