30 Dec
2009
30 Dec
'09
1:11 a.m.
I would suggest looking the Popular Science report from the CES where ADAM was introduced.
I could be wrong, but I think it or Family Computing had a quote from one of the people
manning the Coleco booth about it. I might have the magazine in a box somewhere. Anyway,
the PopSci article is also interesting because there's a prerelease picture of the
ADAM with cassette drives which are slot loaded like a car stereo.
On Dec 29, 2009, at 6:54 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
I assure you that I am. Asking vaguely here in cctalk
is the start, not the end, of such a query.
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> So why don't you do your own research if you feel so strongly about it? ;) I
suggest the periodical references of your local library to get you started.
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> On Dec 29, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
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>>> How is it written on the machine's nameplate? AFAIC, that's the
correct way it should be written.
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>> < OT: rant> If it's officially written in all caps, then I * might *
mention on the first reference that the vendor did so, but only if I can think of some
reason why my readers needs to know. In all subsequent references I'd write it
"correctly". I simply refuse to be a party to any company's marketing. As
far as I'm concerned, "marketing" is just a business word for
"lie." The reason companies put names in all caps even when they're not
acronyms is so the names STAND OUT on shelves and in the press. That goes against my job,
which is to tell the truth or as close as I can get to it.< / OT: rant>
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