On Mar 19, 2010, at 12:06 PM, Carl J. Chimi wrote: > > But didn't Mark Twain write a short story back in the 1870s that > described > two lovers using a sort of television device to hold long distance > conversations? I seem to remember reading a story like that back 40 > or so > years ago. > > Carl YES The Loves Of Alonzo Fitz Clarence And Rosannah Ethelton you can hear it (and others at): http://librivox.org/alonso-fitz-and-other-stories-by-mark-twain/