Insanely OT -- but very funny

[Mike Maginnis]

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:
>
> > 'Computer Collector Newsletter' wrote:
> > >  Attack of the Gaming Grannies
>
> > > http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/oct2005/id20051018_1736
> > > 99.htm
>
> > 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 must be true.
>
> H.
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