Computer Chronicles

REPEAT [Users Group Dayton Special] (17x50)

Uitzenddatum: Apr 04, 2000

Computer Chronicles goes on the road to Dayton, Ohio to cover one of the country's largest User Group Conventions. [Episode #1750, First broadcast: 4/4/2000] Dayton Microcomputer Association The Dayton Microcomputer Association put on their first Computerfest in 1976 and it's been growing ever since. Despite the growing sophistication in personal computer technology, the DMA believes there is still a need for users groups. What's unusual about this Computerfest is that it is a nonprofit endeavor and that the entire show is put on by volunteers. Ohio Technology Access Project The Dayton, Ohio community runs one of the nation's leading computer recycling programs. Volunteers check out the old machines, clean off the hard drives, install a new operating system, and then turn them over to people who can't afford to buy a computer. NCR NCR has become the world's leading vendor of ATM's and it is working now to push that technology in several new directions such as a new Web enabled ATM that will let you do Web surfing while you do your banking transactions. NCR is working on new web terminals that would go into kitchen appliances like refrigerators or microwave ovens. NCR thinks the kitchen is the ultimate location for Internet home appliances and NCR is working is on an automated check-out station at supermarkets. Another NCR innovation is new technology to do away with PIN numbers at ATM's by scanning the iris of your eye to identify you. Lexis Nexis Dayton, Ohio is also the home of Lexis Nexis, the world's largest online publisher. Lexis Nexis started the online research business more than 30 years ago. They are now evolving into a web based product, currently running 70 different URL's. Indeed Lexis Nexis sees itself as the original e-commerce company. Mendelson's If you are a tinkerer or inventor, Mendelson's is Mecca! They have over 400,000 items in their inventory, from computer peripherals to every kind of electronic component you