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Computer crunch: John Rowley, shown here with computer components, says there's a shortage of trained engineering personnel and computer programming experts
Computer crunch: John Rowley, shown here with computer components, says there's a shortage of trained engineering personnel and computer programming experts

Computer crunch: John Rowley, shown here with computer components, says there's a shortage of trained engineering personnel and computer programming experts

Date6/7/1981
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133059F
Electronics - Computers - Components
Electronics - Computers - Components
4/11/1998
Looking for help: Jim Slaven, general manager of Toronto Executive Consultants, seen here with overhead projector, was one of the organizers of Job Fir, a new method to attact skilled personnel to the labor-short computer industry
Looking for help: Jim Slaven, general manager of Toronto Executive Consultants, seen here with overhead projector, was one of the organizers of Job Fir, a new method to attact skilled personnel to the labor-short computer industry
8/13/1980
Latter-day Robin Hoods?: Marcello Rocca, a 25-year-old computer wizard, and his brother Mario, left, who's trained in accounting, hold their Trojan computer, cheaper than but compatible with IBM machines
Latter-day Robin Hoods?: Marcello Rocca, a 25-year-old computer wizard, and his brother Mario, left, who's trained in accounting, hold their Trojan computer, cheaper than but compatible with IBM machines
11/29/1985
One of the chief components of high fidelity is money,' says dealer Sol Mandlsohn
One of the chief components of high fidelity is money,' says dealer Sol Mandlsohn
11/24/1972
Better Medicine: Dr. John Doyle is using this NEC portable computer along with the Abbott Laboratories infusion pump to develop a better system of dispensing drug mixtures to seriously ill patients. The work combines his engineering degree with his traini
Better Medicine: Dr. John Doyle is using this NEC portable computer along with the Abbott Laboratories infusion pump to develop a better system of dispensing drug mixtures to seriously ill patients. The work combines his engineering degree with his traini
10/5/1988
On line: John Swinden, national director of the computer audit group at chartered accountants Clarkson Gordon, says when small computers are introduced in a large corporation problems can result
On line: John Swinden, national director of the computer audit group at chartered accountants Clarkson Gordon, says when small computers are introduced in a large corporation problems can result
1/12/1983
Canadian Technology, says Gary Glover of Control Date Canada, went into development of the Cyber series of large-scale computers, including the one used by farmers. Company also exports computers.
Canadian Technology, says Gary Glover of Control Date Canada, went into development of the Cyber series of large-scale computers, including the one used by farmers. Company also exports computers.
10/19/1977
Computer therapy: Ronald Levy, a Buffalo psychiatrist and hypnotist, has developed computer programs that, he says, can help us think our way out of phobias by using our subconscious
Computer therapy: Ronald Levy, a Buffalo psychiatrist and hypnotist, has developed computer programs that, he says, can help us think our way out of phobias by using our subconscious
10/12/1984
Garland president Russ Prowse checks oven components on assembly line.
Garland president Russ Prowse checks oven components on assembly line.
10/12/1978
Solving consumer complaints concerning the computer is James Finch's newest job. He's toronto's first computer ombudsman and will head a service organized by Canadian Information Processing Society and the Consumer Association of Canada. Here he handles a
Solving consumer complaints concerning the computer is James Finch's newest job. He's toronto's first computer ombudsman and will head a service organized by Canadian Information Processing Society and the Consumer Association of Canada. Here he handles a
2/15/1977
Too easy: Questions at the International Mathematical Olympiad were far too easy, says John Chew, 17, of Playeter Cres. Chew, one of eight Canadian team members, finished his Grade 13 math two years ago with marks in the mid-90s. He enjoys the use of a computer at home.
Too easy: Questions at the International Mathematical Olympiad were far too easy, says John Chew, 17, of Playeter Cres. Chew, one of eight Canadian team members, finished his Grade 13 math two years ago with marks in the mid-90s. He enjoys the use of a computer at home.
8/7/1981
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973