Three Who Took the Plunge

A year ago, Carnegle Mellon University signed a contract with IBM to develop a prototype personal computing network which gives students and faculty access to a personal computer work-station--each of which are 20 to 100 times more powerful than current home computers. The first 1000 computers will be installed this month, and 7000 should he in place by 1990.

Other futures of the system will allow users to send computer mail or transfer documents not only between any two computers but, to several other .