[speaker001:] well do you own a PC
[speaker002:] no I don't I have one at uh the company I work for furnishes so I can work at home
[speaker001:] oh wow
[speaker002:] and it's just an old old compact that is super slow and but it does it does it's job so
[speaker001:] what processor does it have in it
[speaker002:] um I don't know it's so old
[speaker001:] oh what kind of work do you do on it
[speaker002:] it's one of um I do um television ratings and I process some ratings and put do graphics for their television stations those are their clients so
[speaker001:] oh okay yeah
[speaker002:] it's basically just data entry and running you know some some software so it doesn't really have to be anything sophisticated you know
[speaker001:] huh yeah I don't own a PC but I've I've yeah I work for TI and uh they
[speaker002:] so yeah my husband does too so
[speaker001:] well I have uh pretty fairly a fairly fancy one it's a TI model it's an S P one thousand which has a it has a fast processor in it a three eighty six
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and I the the job that I do I do a lot of training of our customers for new products
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and I have to develop uh functional specs and desk and desk top publishing and everything so it's
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah
[speaker001:] it's kind of fun I mean I I I always say that I need to buy a computer for the house but I just haven't got around to doing it yet
[speaker002:] oh yeah I'd like to have one for the house too but sometimes my husband my husband says usually I work on the computer all day at work I don't want to come home and have to work on one too
[speaker001:] your husband what what group is your husband in
[speaker002:] um something with the defense uh
[speaker001:] oh DSEG defense systems and electronics group
[speaker002:] yeah something like that yeah they've changed their name so many times I've lost track so
[speaker001:] I see yeah
[speaker002:] he works up in Plano
[speaker001:] oh okay yeah I work on uh printers and the peripheral products division basically
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] uh I work in the airline marketing marketing group
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] so we we do a lot of
[speaker002:] I didn't even know they had anything like that
[speaker001:] oh yeah
[speaker002:] man there's so they're I learned so many things that they they do they're into so many different things so yeah I just kind of in for a while you know he had a he had uh one of those what are they top secret things you know where he couldn't talk about what he did so
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah
[speaker002:] for a while but then he switched jobs I don't understand half the stuff he does and I have uh
[speaker001:] is he a programmer
[speaker002:] uh-huh software design engineer so as
[speaker001:] I see
[speaker002:] they call it so but I have a degree in information management
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] which is computer you know
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] it's basically the more the business business end of it than the programming end of it you know
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] so but I've been at it for you know five years so everything's changed so much I probably couldn't even get a job right now it seems like it's changed so much so you know they've made such advances in computers so
[speaker001:] really so uh does your husband ever use uh a laptop or a notebook does he bring a little one home with him or
[speaker002:] no huh-uh sometimes he brings he brought home a uh a portable one
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] but uh it it quit working so he brought it brought it back and he just hasn't brought another one home but they did give him a new computer at work so
[speaker001:] oh I see yeah we we build uh laptop and notebook computers here in Temple also
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh
[speaker001:] and those are really handy I mean we they they have modems in them you can send a fax from your PC
[speaker002:] oh how nice no he doesn't have one of those so
[speaker001:] but they're they're really what's that
[speaker002:] he doesn't have one of those
[speaker001:] yeah they're they're pretty handy because you know when I travel it's easy to check messages just you know
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] plug in the phone to your computer and dial in and
[speaker002:] yeah well my husband doesn't have to travel so
[speaker001:] oh okay yeah I just found out I'm going to Denver Sunday night again
[speaker002:] oh boy
[speaker001:] so that kind of reeks havoc with plans
[speaker002:] well at least you get to
[speaker001:] but it it's really not enough to become a big hassle
[speaker002:] uh-huh well that's good some people enjoy the travel but I don't think I'd like it if he traveled a lot so
[speaker001:] I see
[speaker002:] yeah I would love to have a computer they but they're so expensive
[speaker001:] well I don't know there you can get well depends on what you consider expensive I mean you can get real high powered stuff now
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] for under two thousand dollars where you know just a few years ago it would have been six seven eight nine thousand dollars
[speaker002:] yeah yeah guess it's not it's all you know it's inexpensive compared to what it used to be but it's a lot to put into one
[speaker001:] yeah it's still I mean you know two thousand dollars isn't just just pocket change to a lot of people
[speaker002:] that's right no it's not it's it's not pocket change so it's major so but maybe when the kids get in school that will be you know when they start needing something you know then that will be different but
[speaker001:] yeah when I started at uh TI I was a summer development student
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and finishing up at school and so those papers really I mean it was nice having access to the
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] equipment to uh
[speaker002:] yes I remember that I had to do some of my husband's papers because I had access to one but you know he his was more for scientific stuff than for word processing you know so
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] I did a lot of his papers yeah they come in real handy that was a lifesaver
[speaker001:] well how many different types of packages do you use
[speaker002:] at home
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] um all I the packages I I don't really use them I pictures is what I use that's the only um outside development that we use most of it's just stuff that's been written in house that I use
[speaker001:] oh okay yeah golly I've got up up at work anyway I use uh WordPerfect and Lotus and
[speaker002:] yeah I know those two I worked
[speaker001:] GemDraw which is a uh uh a a line draw package
[speaker002:] uh-huh I've just used WordPerfect and Lotus
[speaker001:] yeah you probably use D base or something like that for your uh data entry stuff that your talking about
[speaker002:] um the most yeah yeah a lot of the data entr y stuff they used uh survey system and and um you know just in-house programs to do what they needed I work
[speaker001:] do you get to do you work at home all the time or just
[speaker002:] well no I worked for this company before I had my first daughter
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and they just wanted me to continue working for them at home doing other things so
[speaker001:] oh that that was that worked out pretty good then
[speaker002:] yeah it did you know I don't do I don't really don't do basic a lot of what I used to do I just do you know something really minor but
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] it's something that nobody else wants to do
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] and it's time consuming so
[speaker001:] so it keeps you in the company huh
[speaker002:] that's right you know it gives me a paycheck you know it's only like the works only you know three weeks goes for like three to four weeks three times a year
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know it's not something that's continual because you know the television ratings don't come out you know all the time they only come out four times a year so
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] but
[speaker001:] boy I tell you if I could bring a computer home and do stuff here I'd get all kinds of stuff done phone's always ringing and
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh
[speaker001:] people always asking me to do something else
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] I've got a lot of especially right now we've got several new products coming out and I've got lots of documentation I need to review and some I need to revise
[speaker002:] uh-huh will they let you take a computer home to work
[speaker001:] well yeah but you know I need to be at the office too you know I've just got to deal with all those other things that happen but
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh
[speaker001:] a PC at the house would really take a lot of the load off
[speaker002:] yeah yeah I bet yeah my husband he took one home when they when they had it you know they had a big deadline coming up and it was looking a little touchy to meet so
[speaker001:] uh-huh well I've I've done that before on a couple times but that would make it just that much easier instead of bringing home a computer you just bring home a few floppy disks you know
[speaker002:] yeah uh-huh that's right I thought that would be you know because it's real nice with this because I don't even have to go into the office I've maybe been into the office once in the past three years you know
[speaker001:] oh my
[speaker002:] they just um they just send me everything and pick it up courier or whatever so you know
[speaker001:] man that sounds really nice
[speaker002:] yeah it is real nice you know I just deal with them on the telephone half the people don't even know who they're talking to
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] but I you know worked I know most of them well I can't say that a lot of people changed around there but most people know who I am but I don't know who they are you know
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] a lot of them just know me by name and phone voice
[speaker001:] right yeah I've got a lot of folks that I've worked with like that as well
[speaker002:] yeah you just know them by the telephone so but well it's been good talking to you I think we've just got the subject
[speaker001:] yeah we sort of stayed to the topic anyway
[speaker002:] yeah we tried it's hard to sometimes okay well thanks bye bye
[speaker001:] okay well we'll talk to you later bye