My favorite computer myth is Apple invented PDAs.
It is sooooo not true (nor HP, nor Psion...)
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Subject: Mythbusters (was: OT - Need fuse and jumpers from APC battery pack)
In article <43E23E11.2020900 at brothom.nl>,
Bert Thomas <bert at brothom.nl> writes:
Yep. It's
quite corroded. I tried soaking it in Coke and something
else to clean off the corrosion, but it's still pretty ugly.
Hey, mythbusters busted that one!
Maybe we should come up with a list of computing myths and submit them to
mythbusters? I bet the old hands around here know quite a few!
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