Your Inner Research

Did my title grab ya?

For those of you who were actually adults in 1989 do you happen to remember what year Caller ID came into being? If I remember correctly, I had voice mail in 1991 but for the life of me, I can't remember when Caller ID came on the scene. Also, what year did all of you actively begin to use a computer for something other than keeping books, etc?

This is in the writing thread because I need it for my screenplay. Rather than do all that work myself, I thought I'd bug you. Lazy, I know.

First computer I ever saw and used was at The Las vegas Sun Newspaper back in 1981. Then again from 1982 to 1985 in DC at The Washington Times Newspaper. I didn't even see another one up close until a year and a half ago when I bought my lap-top. Hard to believe I used an electric typewriter until then, yuk! Don't know about the phone stuff but I bet your local phone company could tell you...

I'd been around computers since 1980, 81 but they were mainframes. I used mainframes through 1987, 88, and then I saw my first PC in 1988. We started using them on a regular basis at work. Been on a PC ever since.

Don't know exactly when Caller ID came into being. I'm thinking early 90s?