Published: February 1, 1996

Whiz Kid

I finally got on-line last summer. But I never could have done it without Jason Leo.

My Macintosh Classic II computer is almost as antiquated as a typewriter, but the techies at my local network had assured me that there would be no problem connecting to the network to get and send e-mail.

So I got the 700-page lnternet Starter Kit and read all about e-mail. When I went to my computer dealer for a modem and told the salesman what model computer I had, his face fell before he rearranged it into an optimistic smile. He ended up selling me a modem he'd taken in a trade; it was brand-new but slow--outdated before the owner had gotten around to opening the shrink-wrap. It seemed perfectly suited...