"Jan you've probably seen this neat little toy -- it's called a Quotrek and what I can do through radio frequencies is find out exactly what my stock is doing ..."  

The hosts of Computer Chronicles discuss the role of new software in the stock market in this excerpt from 1988.

To see this episode of Computer Chronicles in its entirety, visit the Internet Archive

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