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# 2068 to Real World Communications

The “telecommunications revolution” has been roaring across America. For many Timex’ers in our little backwater, it seems to have roared right on by. This doesn’t have to happen, however. You won’t be overwhelmed by the swirl: in fact, many of the pleasures that keep us tapping away with our 2068’s can be expanded, and many of the frustrations we run into an be easily dealt with by taking advantage of the capacities of the 2068-2050 MODEM combination.