Short review of $550 power cord plus a new SWTPC 6800

[Fred Cisin]

> We have to get way more sophisticated about this:
> "Use the SMIMS SX-5000 power cord with your computer monitor to improve the

Howzbout: also mention that viruses will not be transmitted through this
cord

> Lame attempt to make this on-topic: As far as silly marketing hyperbole goes, I
> remember in the late 70s when "Turbo PASCAL" and "Turbo BASIC" were released
> and thinking "Oh, geez, the stupidity of macho car marketing comes to the world
> of computing". Then there were those insipid "Turbo Mode" switches on
> late-80-early-90s PCs. And the attached numeric LED clock rate displays, which
> were nothing but numerals hard-wired to the switch.

Exam question:  what is actually measured by those numeric displays?


For a while, Subaru had a model called "Turbo XT 16"!