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In de restauratiewagen van de sneltrein Parijs-Amsterdam neemt een heer, die vermoedelijk de Japanse nationaliteit be-zit, tegenover ons plaats.

-Tank you, tank you. This place free, tank you? -Yes, please sit down. -O tank you. You speak English, tank you? -Well, a little bit, yes.

-Me too, very little bit. You are going to Amsterdam? -Yes, I’m Dutch, so I’m going back to Holland. -Ah! You are from Amsterdam! Do you know the Ria? The Ria from Amsterdam?

-The Ria? No. Let me see… The rai! Do you mean the rai? -Yes! The rai from Amsterdam. Tank you. Big congress in the rai I go to. About computers. Do you know the computer?

-A little bit, yes.

-Apple Macintosh, beautiful computer. Congress in rai from Amsterdam is about Macintosh. Computer has Hyper-card. Is beautiful. Do you know HyperCard? -No, I’m sorry. What is HyperCard? - O tank you. Let me explain. Today there is a lots of information. All the peoples gets lots of information. The whole day long: information… information… goes puuiii!! -Yes, I’ve heard about that.

-Tank you. There is so many information, that the peoples become crazy. HyperCard helps. All the information goes in HyperCard.

-What kind of information can I get from HyperCard? -All kinds of information. You see this bottle of wine? It is Bordeauxwine. Ask HyperCard about Bordeauxwine and you will see a map of France on your screen. Then you click with your mouse and you see all the places where they make Bordeauxwine. Then you click again with your mouse and

you see all the sorts of Bordeauxwines. One click with your mouse and you have the adresses you can get Bordeauxwines. Click! And there is a story about the history of Bordeauxwines.

-That’s amazing!

-Tank you. All kinds of information. You want a hotel in Amsterdam? Click with your mouse and you see all the hotels. Click again and there is the picture of a room, so you can see if you like room. Do you want hotelroom in Tokyo? Click with your mouse through all the information and you will see room. -Good heavens!

-Yes, all the information about the heavens too, with the stars and the planets. You click with the mouse and you see the stars with the names. All the information is for all the peoples.

-It sounds great.

-Yes, with sounds too. Pictures and sounds for all the peoples. So nobody is stupid anymore. Why make peoples war? Because they have no information. Now they can click with the mouses and they will have all the information. And there comes no war. That is HyperCard. Makes the world united. A world with peace. Only peace. -Goh! I never thought about the computer as eh… peace-bringing eh…

-Yes, tank you. Peace and understanding. And lots of information. You are from Holland? Tulips and wooden shoes. -Well, not everybody… -And cheese. Do you know Japan? -A very little bit. Sony? -Yes, yes, tank you. Sony is Japan, yes. -Yamaha?

-Yes, tank you, that is also Japan. You have lots of information of Japan. Now you see: information makes friends. We are friends. The computer makes peace, not the politicians.

They make wars. You come to the congress in the rai from Amsterdam. And we make peace in the world. -Yes, perhaps I will have a look. And after the congress, you are going to visit Holland?

-No tank you, I must go back to Japan very quickly. I work for computerfactory in Japan. And they want all the information about HyperCard. So we can build our own HyperCard. We can do it so much cheaper. The peoples in the world will get the information with our computers. Give me your adress and I send you all the information.

Bruxelles! Ah, we are already in Denmark.