Clinton News-Record, 1977-01-06, Page 9$0
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Mr, and Mrs. Doug Riley, and dalighter-in-law and
Kim and 'Greg of Winthrop; girls,* Mr. andMrs. Doug
and Mr. and „Mrs. Graeme Whyte, Tori and Lisa of Glen
Shbldice were Friday dinner Orchard.
guests with Mr. and Mrs, Mr. and 'firs. Paul
Frank Riley, for their Stevenson, David, Darren
Christmas gathering. and Luanne spent Christmas
Christmas weekend visitors Day with his'parents, Mr. and
with . Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mrs. Gordon Stevenson and
Dimaline, Don, Peter and family of Tillsonburg.
David were Mr. and Mrs. Christmas holiday visitors
Dave Hope and Julie, Miss with Mrs. W. L. Whyte, Bill
Kathy Dimaline, all of and Mr, Harold Whyte were
Hamilton;• Mr. Carl Uhler of Mr. and Mrs. John Whyte,
Walton, and Susie Eybel of Jeff, Andrea and Kerri of
Biribrook. Lindsay:, Mr. and Mrs, Frank
Mr, and Mrs. Andy Van der Molan, Paul, Mark
Thompson of Etobicoke, Mrand Margie of Oakville:Miss
and Mrs. JimclThoMpson, Mr. Margie Whyte of Guelph.; Mr.
and Mrs. Terence Hunter of and Mrs. Doug Whyte of Glen
Colborne Township, and Orchard. Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Brian Nesbitt --of StratforKi- Whyte, and -Miss -Elsie Khaver
were Christmas Day visitors spent Christmas Day at the
with Mr. and Mrs. John same home.
Thompson, Sharon and Bob. Mr. and Mrs. John Wam-
'Mr. ,and Mrs. Terence mes Sr. had their family visit
Hunter returned home on them on Christmas Day: Mr.
Sunday having spent the'past and Mrs. Ed Wammes,
week holidaying with the Ronnie and Mark of RR ,2
Thompson family— Seaforth; Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Mr. and Mrs. Jim' Thom- Sanders, Jennifer and Jeffery
pson left to spend the of RR 4, Brussels; Mr. and
Christmas holidays with Mr. Mrs. Marris -Bos, Steven,
and Mrs. Barry Powley, Sharon, Kenny, Michael,
Jason and Jonathan of Andy and Kathy; Mr. and
Ottawa. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Mrs. John Wammes Jr.; and
Thompson spentqhe holidays Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Brindley
visiting with relatives in the and Ricky of Holyrood.
area. - Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Mr. and Mrs. George Stevenson, David, Darren
McIlwani, Lynn and Steven of and Luanne spent.Boxing Day
Stratford; Mr, and Mrs. Jack with her 'parents, Mr. and
,Crozier, Brian, Paul, Kevin Mrs. Cecil Herman and
and Lori 'of Huron Ridge, family of Shakespeare. David -
Kincardine; and Mrs. George remained for holidays.
Mcllwain spent 111/Ionday at Mr. and Mrs. Marris Bos
• the home of Mr. and Mrs. and family, spent Boxing Day
Carl Merner, Sandy, Julie, with his parents, Mr. _and
Michael and Michelle for a Mrs. John Bos, Arnold' and
gathering. John of Mitchell- for ° their
Mr. and Mrs'. Ken Presz- Christmas gathering.
cator, Diane and Nancy•held Mr. and Mrs. John Wam-
their Christmas family mes Jr. spent Boxing Day
gathering on ,Boxing Day. with her parents, Mr. and
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Anthony Van den Hoven
Jim Preszcator, Bill, Debbie and family of Monkton.
and Michael; Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Whyte,
Dave Preszcator, Christine, , David, Brian, Crystal and
Lisa, Chris-topher and Greg; Murray held a Christmas,
Mr. "and- Mrs. Larry- Dillon family gathering on Monday.
and Michelle of Seaforth; Mr. Guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Steve Lee of London; and Fred McClymont of Clinton;
Mrs. Lawrence Hill of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Crediton, who spent a few -,IVIcipymont, Shannon and
days- visiting with her Michael of Guelph; Mr. and
daughter and family. • • Mrs. Ivan McClymont of
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Mitchell
and Jennifer •of Montreal, and
Mr. Jim Buchanan of Ajax
are spending the Christmas
. holidays with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Buchanan,
• Paul and Gary.
Mr. and Mrs., Wilfred
Buchanan of Ilderton were
Christmas Day guests at the
same home.
, Mr. Harold Whyte spent
Christmas Day with -his son
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Robinson, Lorrie, Kathleen
and Carol Ann of WilloWdale;
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Computers rkithing to fear. says Fred
• Si3y Chrls Zdeb elling-- hobby computers is one
His . moveto—the" harbour town has
spelty of Tyzl Ltd., the mail order taken him from the rat race and he has
" :There -is only one thing standing business that Fred operates From the • no regrets, said the Belleville native.
betweeri you and me nd a takeover by basement of his Goderich home with the Although Fred's mail order business is
Fred Looker of Goderich and others like The company which was formed in° and, -future success of the hobby com-
computer corporates.4,Th at oncrtAing, is help -of his wife and soiTzlii,:law. still in theglowing stages, the present
him. , , 1973, began specializing in ifooltS and puter could very well expand the
Fred is a member of that tast growing, other informational material for , company to the point that he would find
breed known as the computer hobbyist. amateur radio operators. . himself right back in the rat race he has
Computer hobbyists will stop the Radios and electronics have been his chosen to reject He plans t2 keep a tight,
World from being taken over by cbm- way of life for over 30 years, said Fred, control on Tyzl's gravth, limiting its,
puters., because they, (the average 54, ever since he began to -service radios size. But there seems tobe no limjting
people, understand computers and will at the age of 13, • . the growth of the hobby computer craze.
know what the big computer corporates A 30 foot radio tower in his backyard . Within three years, Fred predicts the
are up to," he said. - „ attests to his interest in amateur...radios. ordinary man will be able to buy today's
But as long as the majority of people "When I started into amateur radio, I $30-46,00.0 ,computer for about $5-6,000,
remain ignorant of - this electronic foUnd there were very few books -heralding in the new generation of
technology, they remain vulnerable, to available on the subject," Fred said, and inexpensive computers. -,
the possibility of becoming a computer- Pitornptly set in to rectify the situation. ' - More small business will co' me to
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run society. He inherited a mailing list with 4500 harness the computer to take on time
Most people, Fred says, don't un- names from a company that was in the consuming tasks like- the keeping of
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derstadd computers because they are business in selling to radio amateurs. mailing lists.
.afraid of them.
Today the mailing list holds a total of "It takes my wife 3 - 4 Minutes to make
"It's the fear of the unknomin,-- he , -5,009-names and is -constantly growing. a claiinge on a mailing, but when I get the
The Lookers began their business by computer programmed tb take over the
list, the changes will bp made in about 10
offering Ham Radio Magazine and about
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seconds." Fred said. Air ,..
10 technical books that met with unex•-•
•The hobby computer is also making
peeted success in sales. People from all
inroads th the field of education..
over the country were placing orders.
. "It's hard for the radio amateur to get "I got a letter from a man out in
books if he doesn't live in the large•urban California with a 9 or 10 -year-old son who
centre like Montreal or Toronto," Fred had trouble with his multiplication
said, in explaining the large book sales. tables. He wrote a proram for his son to
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with the computer, and it
"If you're in a hurry to buy something match with
became fun, a kind of a game for him,
you will go to a store to buy it, if they
Fred said.
have it in stock. If you're not you can .
The boy can -now do his multiplication
wait for the extra time it takes to order
through ail.' tables all the way up to 99 times.
As the ranks of the computer hobbyist
With the book -orders came questions
continue to swell, the computer will be'
of various sorts, prompting Fred to
adapted for other uses, while thwarting
recognize a need to supply tools and
the attempts of large computer moguls
various amateur radio parts.
to take over and control society.
He became involved in hobby com-
uters about two years ago. The democratic system may stand
p
between Communism and the Canadian
way of life but its Fred Looker and other
computer hobbyists, who stand between
the Canadian way of life and computer
domination. '
says.
But there is nothing to fear really but
fear itself.
"You hear people complain about
computers and automation as being a
threat -to their jobs, but their jobs really
aren't threatened, it's just . that they
have been misinformed,' Fred said.
"Their supervisors haven't bothered to
take the time to explain the situation to
them."
"One of the first things you have to
realize in corning to understand corn-
puters, is that She computer is basidally
very stupid."
The computer can ' take over the
drudgery end of a job, and can do it more
efficiently -than a person, but it knows
only as much as the man or woman who
programmed the information into it.
"A very large number of hobb Today, Tyzl Ltd., caters to a very
computers are being taken by people • select clientele - the radio amateur and
who have very dull job, and pass' op
the --the hobby technologist.
drudgery of their jobs to the computer." Last Christmas, Fred had hoped, to
The efficiency of a coMputer allows a push the sale of the latest electronic
businessman to begin attacking things craze - electronic television.games, but
(untried areas), that he,never had time could not acquire enough stock*to do so.
to attack 15 years ago, Fred said. His involvement., with hobby com-
You can buy an assembled hobby puters, however, has taken greater
computer for $500 or buy a kit and promine'r in his business.
assemble it yourself for about $400 Fred
said, but the interested computer hob- AlthoUghtthe compaOls operated on a
part time business, Fred—Sees it quickly
byist looks to spend about $1,000 on his growing t6, a full time endeavour. Right
computer. now he devotes his time between Tyzl
"People always think that computers and E. H. Epps Manufacturing of Clinton.
are too expensive, because they see. where he is general -manager.
themselves getting something that's so He came to Goderich two and a half
small and paying $1,000," he said, years ago after 35 -successful years in the
"When you think that people spend as electronics business, first with -Canadian
much or more on other hobbies like Marconi in -Montreal and later taking
buying a sailboat or an airplane, the charge of several electronic firms in
price of a hobby computer doesn't seem Montreal and Tbronto.,
all that much."
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Wires and tirtigiani iia'iieTs—are the guts of any hobby
computer and tan be rearranged andreprogrammedby its
owner. Fred Looker makes an adjustment in his computer,
which is w`larth- upwards of $1,000. He predicts a hobby
computer boom within three years when today's computer
of '$40,000 will be available to the ordinary man for about
$6,000. (News -Record photo)
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Southgate and Jennifer spent
Christmas 'Day with his
mother, Mrs. Elsie Southgate
of Seaforth. '
Mr. and Mrs. Reg Lawson,
John and Elizabeth held a -
family gathering on
Christmas Day. Gdests were
Mr. and Mrs. George Turner_
Barry and Bonnie and Mr.
John Turner, all of Tucker-
sm ith.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Southgate and_ Jennifer spent
Boxing .Day at a -family
gathering at her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon McGregor
of Clinton.
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Christrims holiday visitors
with Mr. and „Mrs. George.
Counter, Richard, Kassandra
and Vicky were her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bun McConnell
and Cheryl of Ottawa, and
Miss Rita Down of --London.
Mr. and Mrs. McConnell
leave on Friday for a_holiday
in Arizona.
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Computer hobbyist -Fred Looker looks over a printout in the basement of his Goderich
home. Fred operates a mail order business specializing in hobby computers and amateur
radio books and parts. (News-Recordphoto)
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