21 Dec
2018
21 Dec
'18
12:19 p.m.
On 12/21/18 11:32 AM, allison via cctech wrote:
And the automotive reference was not it.? It was the
straight as in not
later lettered
versions.? Best similar use is:? Whiskey straight, water on the side.
Could be--but I was pointed out that "straight eight" was an automotive
term familiar to the laity that pre-dated DEC by a goodly number of
years. We live in a world dominated by automobile marketing.
I suspect the same common connection to "turbo", popularized by the auto
marketeers.
On the other hand, I've never seen a computer advertised with a
"Turbo-Hydra-Matic" or "Dynaflow" feature.
--Chuck