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Your electronic daily news http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/9.html<br />
similar short cut tricks in the online services' user manuals. This command produced the<br />
following menu:<br />
AP <strong>Online</strong> APV 1<br />
1 Latest News Updated Hourly<br />
2 Weather<br />
3 Sports<br />
4 National<br />
5 Washington<br />
6 <strong>World</strong><br />
7 Political<br />
8 Entertainment<br />
9 Business News<br />
10 Wall Street<br />
11 Dow Jones Average<br />
12 Feature News<br />
13 Today in History<br />
I entered "9" for business news, and got this list of stories:<br />
AP <strong>Online</strong><br />
:RPHQ 0LQRULW\ %XVLQHVVHV /DJ<br />
2 Child <strong>World</strong> Accuses Toys R Us<br />
3 UPI May Cancel Worker Benefits<br />
4 Drilling Plan Worries Florida<br />
5 UK Stocks Dip, Tokyo's Higher<br />
6 Dollar Higher, Gold Up<br />
7 Farm Exports Seen Declining<br />
8 Supermarket Coupons Big Bucks<br />
9 Cattlemen Tout Supply, Prices<br />
0 Tokyo Stocks, Dollar Higher<br />
MORE !<br />
<strong>The</strong> screen stopped scrolling by "MORE !" Pressing ENTER gave a new list. None of<br />
them were of any interest.<br />
Pressing M (for previous menu) returned me to the "APV 1" menu. On CompuServe,<br />
such videotext page numbers are given in the upper right corner of each menu display. I<br />
selected "<strong>World</strong>" for global news, which gave:<br />
AP <strong>Online</strong><br />
7ZR .LOOHG ,Q 1DJRUQR .DUDEDNK<br />
7 Yugoslavia Fighting Rages On<br />
8 Storm Kills Five In Japan<br />
9 Afghan Rebels Going To Moscow?<br />
0 19 Killed in Guatemala Quakes<br />
MORE !8<br />
Oh, a storm in Japan! Interesting. I was due to leave for Japan soon, and entered 8 at the<br />
MORE ! prompt to read. My screen was filled with text in a few seconds.<br />
"This is for later study," I thought, pressed M to return to the menu, and then ENTER to<br />
get the next listing:<br />
AP <strong>Online</strong><br />
%RPEOHWV .LOO $PHULFDQ 7URRSV"<br />
1R 0RYHPHQW 2Q +RVWDJH 5HOHDVH<br />
3 Baker Plans Return To Syria<br />
4 Baker, King Hussein To Confer<br />
5 Madame Chiang Leaving Taiwan?<br />
6 Baker Leaves Syria for Jordan<br />
7 Klaus Barbie Hospitalized<br />
8 Iraq Denounces U.S. Threat<br />
9 Yelstin Said Resting At Home<br />
0 SS Auschwitz Guard Found Dead<br />
MORE !<br />
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