In an NPR report from 1984, a revelation: There are people who do not like to go shopping and some of them might enjoy buying things from the comfort of their own home with the help of a computer. I know. It’s crazy. Bonuses: Description of a kludged-together, TV-based system that “will eventually be replaced by a home computer” and an early version of the audio editing and production style now famous from its use on Radiolab.