Tom Snyder Interviews Durk Pearson and Jerry Pournelle Pt 2

Tom Snyder Interviews Durk Pearson and Jerry Pournelle Pt 2

Tom is fascinated by Durk's and Jerry's prognostications about the(ir) future of publishing, computers and technology in general. Jerry describes his amazing Cromemco Z80-based computerized "glass screen" that allows him to edit his novels with ease, recording them on "magnetic records" before printing the manuscripts on paper using an "automatic typewriter" and mailing them to the publisher. Durk describes the theory behind flat panel TVs. Speculation regarding the connection of wavelength to holographic television ensues which leaves Tom flabbergasted. Jerry predicts the demise of old-fashioned newsprint. Jerry then tells the story of how much computer technology had shrunk since the old days of the Iliac. Somehow the discussion then turns to asteroid mining. Go figure.