Odd floppy drives (Helitron)

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On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Gil Carrick wrote:

> > I've seen this kind of thing a lot: one person claims that
> > they invented somesuch and that some company came by, checked
> > it out, wished them well, then went off and stole the technology.
> >
> ...
> > Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage
> > Computer Festival
> ...
>
> I suspect that it happened in some cases. The problem is that the claimant
> needs to provide some evidence to back up the claim.

For certain.  I've heard plenty of stories of people getting screwed out
of their ideas.  In most cases it's their fault, either for being naive or
for being careless.

The problem usually is that they don't have anything other than their
recollection to back up their claim.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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