An Inclusive Litany

5/1/94

From the official transcript of the first-ever on-line White House news conference, held in January 1994 by Vice President Al Gore over the CompuServe network. Three hundred computer users took part in the forty-five minute conversation, which was moderated by Bill Allman, a senior writer at U.S. News & World Report. Gore first appears on page sixteen of the transcript:

(Ricardo Bunge) Mr. Allman, I'm not seeing anything I type...
(Jim Casey) Thx.
(Larry H. Lewis) is this working?
(John C. Burns) why am I not posting
(Rebecca Winters) Oh, now it is.
(Annette Leonard) isthis working?
(Zach) Can everybody hear/see me all right?
(Josh Harris) buffer
(Byron Odwazny) hello/status
(Jim Casey) Yes zach
(Zach) Thanks.
(Ben Huntoon) implementation of Internet technology among
(Ben Huntoon) wealthy and poor school districts?
(STEVEN R. KOSS) should I see my # and name after hitting return?
(Hugh McArthur) ??
(Jim Casey) Steven: No.
(Sara Arnold) Hi.
(Betty Knight) This is a test
(Dion Douglas) No name will be returned after typing words
(george smart) this thing is going very fast
(Hugh McArthur) \test
(lou) buffer hellocan y
(Martin Vasko) josh...yes
(Alex Calvo) Bill, I feel I must apologize for all of us...
(Zach) So, Mr. Allman, how did you get him to agree to do this conference?
(Amy Harmon) hi
(Paul De Groot/Canad) [D
(Paul De Groot/Canad) [D
(Arthur Goldstein) Hello
(Robert Pellegrini) hello, is the VP there yet???
(mike powers) Annette: DOn't KNow
(Betty Knight) Hi
(Al) Hi
(jacqueline a close) hello
(Susan Finster) A transcript of the conference will be available in the US News Forum.
(george smart) Please anyone — confirm you wee me
(mike powers) CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW TO SEE WHAt I', SENDING?
(Larry H. Lewis) Do we have to ask superhighway questions?
(Edward Felker) [~[v:~rq
(MICHAEL GEBERT) HELLO
(John C. Burns) \/buffer
(deibert) hi everybody
(Bill Allman/US News) the moderator this afternoon. Vice President
(Bill Allman/US News) Gore will join us online from his office
(Bill Allman/US News) in the West Wing of the White House in a
(Chrysanne Poole) 0//send hello
(Bill Allman/US News) "question" [/question], which will put you in
(Bill Allman/US News) the question queue. When you get the message
(Bill Allman/US News) that it is your turn to ask a question,
(Bill Allman/US News) please begin by telling us where you are
(Bill Allman/US News) from. It is not necessary to state your
(Josh Harris) How does this conference work?
(Gary E. Hogsten) Hello from hellohello
(Bill Allman/US News) name, as this appears automatically. You
(Jonathan Fligner) Hi Bill
(Bill Allman/US News) should keep your question as short as
(Bill Allman/US News) characters long — followed by carriage
(Bill Allman/US News) be online shortly. This conference is also
(Bill Allman/US News) being broadcast live on C-SPAN cable television.
(Bill Allman/US News) Thank you.
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