Info Tech Express: The end of computers for small wholesalers?
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Before minicomputers and packaged software came on the scene, small- and mid-size PHCP wholesalers could not afford to be computerized, but they could get their data processed. They subscribed to "service bureaus," where data was "key punched" and processed, and reports generated and mailed to the subscribers.