"Everybody for Christ's sake. American Gen, Compton Industries,
First Life, Banks, and, this is almost funny, the entire town of
Fallsworth, Idaho."
"Excuse me?"
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Thursday, February 25
TOWN DISAPPEARS
By Scott Mason
The town of Fallsworth, Idaho is facing a unique problem. It is out of business.
Fallsworth, Idaho, population 433, has a computer population of 611.
But no one in the entire incorporation of Fallsworth has ever bought or paid for a single piece of software or hardware.
Three years ago, the town counsel approved a plan to make this small potato farming community the most computerized township in the United States, and it seems that they succeeded. Apparently the city hall of Fallsworth was contacted by representatives of Apple Computer. Would they like to be part of an experiment?
Apple Computer provided every home and business in the Fallsworth area with a computer and the necessary equipment to tie all of the computers together into one town-wide network. The city was a pilot program for the Electronic City of the future. The residents of Fallsworth were trained to use the computers and Apple and associated companies provided the township beta copies of software to try out, play with and comment on.