2 Sep
2007
2 Sep
'07
10:42 p.m.
I think the Blakes 7 computer may have been called ZEN.
ORAC on Blakes 7 was a device that could predict the future.
Rod
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[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: 03 September 2007 05:35
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: British Computers.
I'm 99% sure that Tangering = Oric. ISTR that they
changed their name
from Tangerine to Oric when they launched the Oric 1?
. . . but does it have the true personality of the Oric computer on
Blake's 7?
3 Sep
3 Sep
10:32 a.m.
On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Rod Smallwood wrote:
I think the Blakes 7 computer may have been called
ZEN.
ORAC on Blakes 7 was a device that could predict the future.
"What qualifies as a computer?"
Zen and Orac were both computers, although with different characteristics
and personalities, and emphasis at different times in the epic.
11 a.m.
On 03/09/07, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Rod Smallwood wrote:
And, IIRC, "Slave" at a late stage. (And I wasn't even a particular
fan of Blake's 7, tho' I always rated it above Dr Who.)
All voiced by Peter Tuddenham, AIR. Died just this July, aged 88. :?(
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I think the Blakes 7 computer may have been
called ZEN.
ORAC on Blakes 7 was a device that could predict the future.
"What qualifies as a computer?"
Zen and Orac were both computers, although with different characteristics
and personalities, and emphasis at different times in the epic. 
11:19 a.m.
On 3 Sep 2007 at 10:32, Fred Cisin wrote:
"What qualifies as a computer?"
Zen and Orac were both computers, although with different characteristics
and personalities, and emphasis at different times in the epic.
...and let's not forget Holly; although I suspect now we're getting
into the difference between AI and computer.
(Very sorry for the OT posting, Jay)
Cheers,
Chuck
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