Subscription History
Six months following start-up, the service only had 50 customers because many computers then on the market could not connect to StarText. Some of the early subscribers accessed the service using the Timex 1000 with its 16k RAM and 300 baud modem. Following improvements in software. initial problems were overcome, and the business began to grow.
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