Hey Chase bank — 1995 called, they want their user agreement back

Buried in my Amazon Chase Visa “This E-Sign Disclosure and Consent” was this gem:

Hardware and Software Requirements. In order to access, view, respond to, and retain electronic Communications that we make available to you, you must have:

  • an Internet browser (Microsoft ® Windows 95 or higher, Windows NT 4.0 or higher with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5+, Netscape 4.6+ or AOL 4+) that supports 128 bit encryption;
  • sufficient electronic storage capacity on your computer’s hard drive or other data storage unit;
  • an e-mail account with an Internet service provider and e-mail software in order to participate in our electronic Communications program;
  • a personal computer (for PCs: Pentium 120 Hhz or higher; for Macintosh, Power Mac 9500, Power PC 604 processor 120-MHz Base or higher), operating system and telecommunications connections to the Internet capable of receiving, accessing, displaying, and either printing or storing Communications received from us in electronic form via a plain text-formatted e-mail or by access to our web site using one of the browsers specified above.

I’ll dig out that Power Mac 9500. It’s around here somewhere…

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