19 Oct
2005
19 Oct
'05
6:32 a.m.
I made no such accusation. I only joked that the thread could become that
way, which would be ironic, given my history on cctalk of defending against
that.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Mike Maginnis
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:23 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Insanely OT -- but very funny
I don't think demanding technical accuracy (especially in an article about
tech) counts as media-bashing...
- Mike
On 10/19/05, Computer Collector Newsletter <news at computercollector.com>
wrote:
LOL, I'm going to be really ticked if my own post
turns into a
bash-the-media thread. That'll teach me to go OT, huh?
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Hans Franke
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:05 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Insanely OT -- but very funny
Am 19 Oct 2005 8:37 meinte Sridhar Ayengar:
must
be true.
'Computer Collector Newsletter' wrote:
> Attack of the Gaming Grannies
What in the hell is a "Pentium 286"?
I don't know, but I deduct it must be some precessor to the Intel x86
line, since it was around about 20,30 years ago, so from 1975 on, wich
clearly makes it an 8 Bit machine, maybe a sideline from the 8080? We
all know that companies like to reuse names - or what else is the
similarity between a
1966 Shelby Mustang GT and a 2006 Mustang GT?
After all, back then there wehre a lot of processors in even more
different computers :) Maybe it was a special development for Atari,
since they say it was the machine the couple did run PONG on. After
all, it's businessweek, a magazin our econimic power people trust, so it
H.
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