Internet access is so ubiquitous today that it's strange to remember a time when it wasn't. Today, I listened to an August 1996 edition of "Computer Time" that aired on WEW. The host, in response to a listener's question, said he didn't see any reason why people in their 60s, 70s, or 80s couldn't learn to use a computer.
Interestingly, however, he drew a line at age 90.
The host said his grandmother kept asking him, "Should I get a computer?" He told her, "For 90 years, you've done without one. I don't know what you'd use it for. At this point, just stay out of it. You'll get a headache."
I don't know if the host's grandmother ever got a computer, but I admired her for being open to using one nine decades into her life.
