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December 05, 1984 (vol. 95, iss. 74) • Page Image 1

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… official computer security systems and post their findings on com- puterized bulletin boards nationwide. "Most of these people traffic in illegal information - credit card numbers, dial-up access numbers…

… money for charities. However, he said, "If people weren't interested, we never would have started it." Bourgeois denim from American-style denim trousers to Chinese-designed "Apples" and "Teleweebs," the…

November 27, 1984 (vol. 95, iss. 67) • Page Image 1

… the delay to a malfunctioning computer program that had to be rewritten, and program director Richard Layman said that this caused the publication to miss several deadlines. AS A RESULT, he said, the…

… for husband-hunters are imagine one with a silly hat?; Pandas are quite fat; How about that?" wrote 9-year-old Shannon Wong-Lerner, who dined on bacon and eggs Saturday while the pandas enjoyed apples

November 09, 1984 (vol. 95, iss. 56) • Page Image 1

… 1984, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, November 9, 1984 Fifteen Cents Fourteen Pages . r Ia Shapiro says code apples protesters By LAURIE DELATER University President Harold…

…) meeting today to a project proposed by two electrical and computer engineering professors. Profs. Theodore Birdsall and Kurt Metzger teamed up with researchers from the Massachussettes-based Wood- shole…

September 06, 1984 (vol. 95, iss. 1) • Page Image 1

… freeze was a positive See IN-STATE, Page 11 r Apple deal sours local r By DAVID VANKER Looking for a cheap way to join the 1computer age? A deal between the University and Apple computers to provide…

…'s Microcom- puter Education Center, an office in the education school where potential pur- chasers can try out the Apples and learn how they work. To discourage resale of the bargain computers outside the…

….' - Nancy Reding Apple computer dealer etailers Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale and the University of Chicago. "They're the trend-setters," Dixon remarked. "They're the universities that will be…

… developing a lot of the sof- tware (for the introduced Macintosh)," she said. Consequently students, staff mem- bers, and faculty get a good deal on computers. And Apple sets up ties in a good market. The plan…

… seemed to benefit everyones- except for private computer dealers. THE UNIVERSITY'S arrangement with Apple has not met with much ap- proval in Ann Arbor's private sector. Many retailers charge that the…

… never intended to destroy retail outlets with its offer to the universities. On the contrary, she said, "By getting the computers out to colleges we ac- tually thought it would enhance See APPLE, Page 13…

Apple Computers, Inc. Under the plan, the University is allowed to offer four computer models - the Apple Macin- tosh, Lisa, Hie, and III - at a generous discount. Faculty, staff, and students can get a…

…, manager of Inacomp, the retailer that won the right to serve as the official distributor of the Apple systems sold by the University, said Apple is simply trying to condition computer-users to its products…

… to Ed Fleckenstein, president of Technavest Corp., a local computer retailer, Apple needs to secure a larger share of the market. And, he said, "They'll give (the com- puters) away to get it." AMONG…

computers to students, staff, and faculty at generous discounts has made everyone happy - except the retailers who seem to have lost their market. OVER 1,000 orders have been received at the University…

February 11, 1984 (vol. 94, iss. 110) • Page Image 1

…-million dollar computer system. The announcement of the pact comes less than three weeks after the University and Apple Computers Inc. revealed a plan to offer discounted computers to University students and…

… personnel. Apple is selling some of its computers at almost half the retail price: APPLE, ALONG with Apollo Computers, is also providing the College of Engineering with computers for its new system, the…

… ". . Business *school to buy computers By THOMAS MILLER The University's School of Business Ad- ministration yesterday unveiled an agreement with Burroughs Corporation that will provide the school with a multi…

Computer Aided Engineering Network (CAEN). In addition, Burroughs also plans to sell microcomputers to University students, faculty, and staff at substantially reduced prices. Although the business school…

… and Burroughs have yet to work out many of the details, the total value of the initial plan is expected to be $12 million. That figure includes approximately 500 computers with a retail value of about…

… $6 million and a new facility to house the system which will cost nearly $6 million. THE SYSTEM reflects the trend towards greater academic and administrative use of. computers in the business school…

…, said Gilbert Whitaker, dean of the business school. According to Whitaker, the agreement will make the school a leader in computer utilization. "We'll be a pioneer in the extent to which we are going to…

… make computers a part of the school," Whitaker said. THE SCHOOL plans to get at least part of the system in by September 1, it should be working in full by early next year, Whitaker added. Charles…

February 01, 1984 (vol. 94, iss. 101) • Page Image 1

… place orders for the Apple Lisa and recently-introduced Macintosh computers at sharply reduced prices under an agreement between the computer maker and the Univer- sity. THE MACINTOSH, which is being…

… deals, the University hopes to increase the number of- terminals it owns while making it easier for students to buy their own computers. COMPUTER-industry analysts say Apple's efforts in the college…

… market are an attempt to displace International Business Machines Corp. as the leader in personal computers. Apple appears to be willing to accept a lower price for its Macintosh in return for the ex…

January 25, 1984 (vol. 94, iss. 95) • Page Image 1

… Under a deal with Apple Computers He als Inc., the sales of four types of Apple systems c computers, including the Macintosh "We jus model unveiled in New York yesterday, going. tos may begin by early…

… prices, afraid they will invite competitors able to offer bargains because their parts and labor are cheap compared to that purchased with the strong dollar. 'U' to sell computers to students, By…

…. purchase 800 computers from the com- The Ma pany for substantially reduced prices. price of$ University officials are hoping close percent d ties with the company will make it which re easier for students…

… and professors to $5,500, de purchase and use computers, while Ap- discounte ple is using the deals to. tap a large The Ap student market. close to th Although the University is hoping to "THEl begin…

… taking orders for the computers Macintosh by next week, officials are unsure of ple is notz how much the computers will cost and the HIe to how long the company will take to high scho deliver. Marks GREG…

… MARKS, a University com-S staff ystems manager and chief of the program, said the rg for the computers arrived y and the University will an- he prices next week. o said that delivery of the could take…

… some time. st don't know how fast Apple is ship," Marks said. "We still ave any models to even te with." NIVERSITY will sell four dif- mputers: the Macintosh, the Apple Ile, and the Apple III. acintosh…

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