Adrian Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > UK, 1985 > Report of the Micros for GPs scheme.
This brings back fond memories of the "A Very peculiar Practice" BBC TV series, in which serially-failed entrepreneur Dr Bob Buzzard desperately entered drugs trial data into his "rinky-dinky little microcomputer" (as the head of the practice, Dr Jock McCannon disparingly referred to it) in order to earn cash from pharmaceutical companies, . See http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/peculiar.shtml if you are not familiar with the show. > Might be interesting as background - and having a feel for background > helps with some design choices, I think. > > http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/imgall/ref20053_2_2.html Cool! Courier font from a daisy-wheel printer. Those were the days... Tim C
