| Re: Old days [message #400523 is a reply to message #400510] |
Fri, 25 September 2020 03:59   |
Niklas Karlsson
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On 2020-09-24, Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> wrote:
> On 9/24/2020 2:42 PM, Niklas Karlsson wrote:
>> On 2020-09-24, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>> The most important thing that the Amiga was missing was the
>>> magic three letters in its name.
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>> Yes, the C was sadly not deemed an appropriate substitute.
>> Niklas
>
> Perhaps Jack should have considered just inserting the C to get the eye-catching ICBM
Ah yes, the market would have blown up!
Hmm. I swear this sig was randomly selected automatically, not
handpicked by me for this post...
Niklas
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"But you've got to hand it to IBM, they know how to design hardware. The
servers all had handles to pick them up and throw them out of the window...."
-- Juergen Nieveler in asr
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| Re: Old days [message #400526 is a reply to message #400523] |
Fri, 25 September 2020 06:12 |
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Originally posted by: maus
On 2020-09-25, Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> wrote:
> On 2020-09-24, Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> wrote:
>> On 9/24/2020 2:42 PM, Niklas Karlsson wrote:
>>> On 2020-09-24, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>>> The most important thing that the Amiga was missing was the
>>>> magic three letters in its name.
>>>
>>> Yes, the C was sadly not deemed an appropriate substitute.
>>> Niklas
>>
>> Perhaps Jack should have considered just inserting the C to get the eye-catching ICBM
>
> Ah yes, the market would have blown up!
>
> Hmm. I swear this sig was randomly selected automatically, not
> handpicked by me for this post...
>
> Niklas
>
Three letters, HAL.
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| Re: Old days [message #400532 is a reply to message #400526] |
Fri, 25 September 2020 09:54 |
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Originally posted by: Bob Eager
On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:12:27 +0000, maus wrote:
> On 2020-09-25, Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> wrote:
>> On 2020-09-24, Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> wrote:
>>> On 9/24/2020 2:42 PM, Niklas Karlsson wrote:
>>>> On 2020-09-24, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>>> > The most important thing that the Amiga was missing was the magic
>>>> > three letters in its name.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, the C was sadly not deemed an appropriate substitute. Niklas
>>>
>>> Perhaps Jack should have considered just inserting the C to get the
>>> eye-catching ICBM
>>
>> Ah yes, the market would have blown up!
>>
>> Hmm. I swear this sig was randomly selected automatically, not
>> handpicked by me for this post...
>>
>> Niklas
>>
>>
> Three letters, HAL.
The old HAL => IBM.
But then there's Dave Cutler:
VMS => WNT
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| Re: Old days [message #400543 is a reply to message #400532] |
Fri, 25 September 2020 15:53 |
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Originally posted by: J. Clarke
On 25 Sep 2020 13:54:20 GMT, Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:12:27 +0000, maus wrote:
>
>> On 2020-09-25, Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> wrote:
>>> On 2020-09-24, Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> wrote:
>>>> On 9/24/2020 2:42 PM, Niklas Karlsson wrote:
>>>> > On 2020-09-24, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>>> >> The most important thing that the Amiga was missing was the magic
>>>> >> three letters in its name.
>>>> >
>>>> > Yes, the C was sadly not deemed an appropriate substitute. Niklas
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps Jack should have considered just inserting the C to get the
>>>> eye-catching ICBM
>>>
>>> Ah yes, the market would have blown up!
>>>
>>> Hmm. I swear this sig was randomly selected automatically, not
>>> handpicked by me for this post...
>>>
>>> Niklas
>>>
>>>
>> Three letters, HAL.
>
> The old HAL => IBM.
>
> But then there's Dave Cutler:
>
> VMS => WNT
Why did I never notice that?
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