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Guarantees given: Robert Baer, chairman of TeleCheck Services Inc., holds a terminal which lets merchants call computers to clear customer cheques.
Guarantees given: Robert Baer, chairman of TeleCheck Services Inc., holds a terminal which lets merchants call computers to clear customer cheques.

Guarantees given: Robert Baer, chairman of TeleCheck Services Inc., holds a terminal which lets merchants call computers to clear customer cheques.

Date7/25/1983
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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A thief and his victim face each other: Ron Darling, right, lost $2,400 when cheques were forged over his name. David, left, one of the men who did it, is working to pay back part of that money. He holds a job by day and lives in special quarters by night as part of a program new to Metro.
A thief and his victim face each other: Ron Darling, right, lost $2,400 when cheques were forged over his name. David, left, one of the men who did it, is working to pay back part of that money. He holds a job by day and lives in special quarters by night as part of a program new to Metro.
7/4/1978
Say road work holds up trade. The delay in the completion of Bloor St. extension, which was strongly deplored yesterday by merchants in that vicinity,(...)
Say road work holds up trade. The delay in the completion of Bloor St. extension, which was strongly deplored yesterday by merchants in that vicinity,(...)
7/11/1929
Having a look: Robert Boulet of Hamilton Computer demonstrates conferencing capability of few device, which lets caller see the person being called
Having a look: Robert Boulet of Hamilton Computer demonstrates conferencing capability of few device, which lets caller see the person being called
9/30/1992
Hot seller: Bell vice-president Charles Labarge shows off Alex, a computer terminal that links to phone lines to provide users up to 300 services
Hot seller: Bell vice-president Charles Labarge shows off Alex, a computer terminal that links to phone lines to provide users up to 300 services
4/30/1990
Travelling salesman: Credit cards haven't hurt the prospects for travellers' cheques, says Sir John Cuckney, chairman of the Thomas Cook group. He told Canadian bankers yesterday the company has major plans for Canada, the second-biggest market in the world.
Travelling salesman: Credit cards haven't hurt the prospects for travellers' cheques, says Sir John Cuckney, chairman of the Thomas Cook group. He told Canadian bankers yesterday the company has major plans for Canada, the second-biggest market in the world.
10/19/1981
Milton Stark holds a connector for a computer terminal, one of his firm's products
Milton Stark holds a connector for a computer terminal, one of his firm's products
11/23/1978
The sea lads trusty companion : being instructions given to the lads and boys assembled at the Marine Society's office in Bishopsgate-Street; waiting 'till commission or warrant officers in the Royal Navy request them as servants, in order to their being bred seamen; also masters in the merchants service, enquiring for boys to serve them as apprentices at sea: comprhending rules of life with regard to moral and religious obligations. With a state of the Society to the 24th Nov. 1778 /cby J.H. Esq
The sea lads trusty companion : being instructions given to the lads and boys assembled at the Marine Society's office in Bishopsgate-Street; waiting 'till commission or warrant officers in the Royal Navy request them as servants, in order to their being bred seamen; also masters in the merchants service, enquiring for boys to serve them as apprentices at sea: comprhending rules of life with regard to moral and religious obligations. With a state of the Society to the 24th Nov. 1778 /cby J.H. Esq
1778
Reet Pinston, 25, holds a copy of Let's Have Healthy Children for sale at Rolly's Health Foods on Yonge St
Reet Pinston, 25, holds a copy of Let's Have Healthy Children for sale at Rolly's Health Foods on Yonge St
8/24/1978
Big break for Canada: David Knight demostrates a TV home computer terminal that uses Canadian Telidon technology to link home TVs to outside computers through telephone lines
Big break for Canada: David Knight demostrates a TV home computer terminal that uses Canadian Telidon technology to link home TVs to outside computers through telephone lines
5/20/1981
Key to learning: Computer-aided instruction, such as the income tax course David Sherman has written, lets students learn at their own pace
Key to learning: Computer-aided instruction, such as the income tax course David Sherman has written, lets students learn at their own pace
4/4/1989
Musciling In: That collection of wires and circuits in Mers Kutt's hand is an ALL Card for IBMs and compatibilities that lets them use more memory in the computer equivalent of a muscle car
Musciling In: That collection of wires and circuits in Mers Kutt's hand is an ALL Card for IBMs and compatibilities that lets them use more memory in the computer equivalent of a muscle car
8/21/1985
Austere privacy: Robert Ramsay is kept company in his small downtown den by two computers and a pile of books, all read.
Austere privacy: Robert Ramsay is kept company in his small downtown den by two computers and a pile of books, all read.
10/27/1987