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    Computer question: What is SKYPE ??

    Had the usual monthly updates from Microsoft this month, and they included something called SKYPE .

    What is that ??

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    Skype is software that provides video and voice calls over the internet.

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    I think skype allows a remote viewer to see you through your computers on board camera. I see many people place a piece of tape over the camera on their laptops to ensure privacy

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    As you have been told, Skype is a telephonic and video software that allows you to communicate via the Internet.

    With 3 family members in the military, all of our grandkids, great-grandkids and 2 of our 3 children scattered around the country, we use Skype frequently. Earlier this week our 5 year old twin granddaughters in California were demonstrating for Nanny and Pawpaw their newest gymnastics routine via Skype.
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    I suppose this will not work on my Commodore 64.

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    Skype allows your mother-in-law to see what a terrible husband you are from any corner of the world.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Thompson View Post
    I suppose this will not work on my Commodore 64.
    I don't think so and it won't work on my TRS80....

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Coloccia View Post
    Skype allows your mother-in-law to see what a terrible husband you are from any corner of the world.
    Hmm. I thought they could to that all on their own.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Huber View Post
    I don't think so and it won't work on my TRS80....

    Ahhh...the TRaSh80--the first computer I ever used. In Taiwan, in 2nd grade, fall of 1981. IIRC, 16Kb of RAM, with an external 5.25" floppy drive (separately switched, even). My parents bought an Apple II+ clone not long after. Wrote a lot of BASIC on those two machines...
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