Network cards and Win98SE

wrcooke at wrcooke.net wrcooke at wrcooke.net
Tue May 14 10:06:39 CDT 2019


> On May 14, 2019 at 10:02 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> One other problem I have with the term "gaming adapter" is the overuse
> by the marketeers of the term "gaming". So we have gaming systems,
> keyboards, monitors, mice, chairs and probably coffee cups. The
> original meaning of "to game" is "manipulate (a situation), typically in
> a way that is unfair or unscrupulous." Perhaps the term when used by
> marketers, is apt.
> 
> Reminds me of the overuse of "turbo".
> 
> --Chuck

I just had to find out:
https://www.amazon.com/Gamer-Coffee-Mug-gift/dp/B06Y3Y74QS


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