Electronic bulletin boards help businesses post success; small firms link up via computer and swap tips across the nation

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Electronic bulletin boards are a popular way for small business owners to share information and resources that can be helpful for their businesses. A bulletin board is a service that provides users having a common interest or concern with space on a central computer that they can use to send and receive messages. The services may be run either by a commercial firm, which charges users a set-up fee and then charges them periodically for use of the system, or by local companies or clubs, which either charge low rates or offer their services for free. One bulletin board service, CompuServe Information Service, reports that 25,000 small businesspeople use its service, twice the number who used it in 1990. The boards allow novice businesspeople to obtain sound advice, and they can also let users feel they are part of a larger business community.

Planning, Small business, Information services, Business planning, Online, Bulletin Board, Bulletin board services (BBS), Computer bulletin boards

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Making music, the PC way; for Madison Avenue's Michael Levine, the personal computer is his most important instrument

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Musical composers who write scores for everything from advertising to opera are finding that computer technology has much to offer. The Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) has become one aspect of this growing use of computers and synthesized musical instruments; it defines the connection between computers and musical equipment. Industry observers note that the market is growing with the distinction between professional equipment and consumer products blurring. The market for musical software has grown from $20 million in 1987 to over $30 million in 1990; the market did not even exist in the early 1980s.

Computers, Digital computers, Behavior, Music synthesizers, Synthesizers (Music), Music Synthesizer, MIDI, Levine, Michael (Canadian set designer)

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