Computer links students to colleges

http://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/08/nyregion/computer-links-student-to-college.html?&pagewanted=all
Now this may seem like an everyday action, but how was it when this was first starting out?
1984--using the internet and computer technology, college students can register and enroll in courses by the click of a mouse.

"The student, Robert D. Cugini, 27 years old, registered for an English Composition course last month by pushing a button on a computer in his home in Astoria, Queens."