And thusly Sridhar Ayengar spake: A computer able to play Wolfenstein 3D, but because of small math issues, allows enemies to shoot you through the walls? Cheers, Bryan

Am 19 Oct 2005 8:37 meinte Sridhar Ayengar: 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 must be true. H. -- VCF Europa 7.0 am 29/30.April und 01.Mai 2006 in Muenchen http://www.vcfe.org/

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:

I just called a friend who's a tech writer at BW. Says he will tell the corrections desk and they'll fix it ASAP. I'm sure it was just someone's brain fart. -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of 'Computer Collector Newsletter' Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:32 AM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: Insanely OT -- but very funny 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: must be true.

Huh? You'd prefer they leave the mistake? -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Hans Franke Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 10:27 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: Insanely OT -- but very funny Am 19 Oct 2005 10:13 meinte 'Computer Collector Newslette: Thanks, but you just killed a nice article in an online magazine, where I used that article as a great example. Just by fixing the Pentium 286 it's still not right, but was less usable as an example. So what? correcting history, just because it was someones fart ? Hans -- VCF Europa 7.0 am 29/30.April und 01.Mai 2006 in Muenchen http://www.vcfe.org/

research Simple mistake of one word for another is a long way from sloppy research. That's a massive assumption you are making. Anyway, geez, I though people would be interested in the game-playing grandmas! -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Hans Franke Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 11:51 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: Insanely OT -- but very funny Am 19 Oct 2005 11:23 meinte 'Computer Collector Newsletter': Yes, because the whole article is crap, and changing the most obvious details doesn't help - but it makes it harder to use the article as an example about how bad it is, that can be understood by Joe Average. Evan, I perfectly know the urge to correct such things. It's the first that surfaces in my mind. But I also learnd that interventing and correcting a few things isn't helpful at all. The author will go ahead and write the next one with the same sloopy research and again earn the money, while yll you get is at best a soulless thank you (This thank you has been printed by a computer and does not need to be signed...). Gruss (grumpy old) H. -- VCF Europa 7.0 am 29/30.April und 01.Mai 2006 in Muenchen http://www.vcfe.org/

Mike Maginnis wrote: Although, to be fair, I was being pretty sarcastic. Peace... Sridhar