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title: "Using Time(x) Doing Time, or Time Well Spent"
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excerpt: "The history of PUG's prisoner computing aid program, started in 1982 when George Mockridge responded to a letter from a Nevada prisoner who had bought a Sinclair ZX-81. Describes the ongoing correspondence, equipment donations, and how inmates learned BASIC and eventually computerized their prison's Parole and Probation Office. Includes contact information for donations."
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# Using Time(x) Doing Time, or Time Well Spent

The history of PUG’s prisoner computing aid program, started in 1982 when George Mockridge responded to a letter from a Nevada prisoner who had bought a Sinclair ZX-81. Describes the ongoing correspondence, equipment donations, and how inmates learned BASIC and eventually computerized their prison’s Parole and Probation Office. Includes contact information for donations.