Would a PC or word processor circa the mid-80s automatically back up
written text?
Jeff
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From: [log in to unmask] (Steve Stephens) Date: Sat, Jun 21, 2003, 1:18pm
To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Computers in the Movies Reply to:
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In a message dated 6/21/2003 9:49:34 AM Central Daylight Time,
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12. People typing on a computer can safely turn it off without saving
the
data.
a la "Stand By Me". The narrator finished writing the story, turns it
off, and goes out to play with the kids.
steve
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