lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) (03/29/89)
After watching the TV sitcom tonight, Gil Kloepfer (gil@limbic) and I
noticed that the UNIX PC's on the desks of the reporters weren't even
plugged in (look at the back). The reporter was even typing away, and
what even marvelled me more was the "amber screen" ... Hmmm, wonder what
battery-powered, amber screen upgrade they got for those machines? :-)
-Lenny
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ICUS Software Systems -- PO Box 1; Islip Terrace, NY 11752sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) (03/30/89)
in article <647@icus.islp.ny.us>, lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) says: > > After watching the TV sitcom tonight, Gil Kloepfer (gil@limbic) and I > noticed that the UNIX PC's on the desks of the reporters weren't even > plugged in (look at the back). The reporter was even typing away, and > what even marvelled me more was the "amber screen" ... Hmmm, wonder what > battery-powered, amber screen upgrade they got for those machines? :-) > The soap opera Days of Our Lives also has Unix PC's. They are definitely plugged in and working. You can hear the characteristic sound of the disk drive and you can see the little AT&T logo with the word Working when the thing is busy... Jan Harrington, sysop Scholastech Telecommunications husc6!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop ************************************************************************* Miscellaneous profundidity: "No matter where you go, there you are..." Buckaroo Banzai *************************************************************************
todd@ivucsb.UUCP (Todd Day) (04/03/89)
In article <647@icus.islp.ny.us> lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) writes:
~what even marvelled me more was the "amber screen" ... Hmmm, wonder what
~battery-powered, amber screen upgrade they got for those machines? :-)
My dad works for Convergent, and he saw the amber screens, also. He
said that some were indeed made that way. Wish I could have gotten
my hands on one of those instead of this green screen (which I really
don't mind, but I'd prefer amber).
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Other: todd@ivucsb.UUCP may not work yet.todd@ivucsb.UUCP (Todd Day) (04/03/89)
In article <1099@stech.UUCP> sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) writes:
~The soap opera Days of Our Lives also has Unix PC's. They are definitely
~plugged in and working. You can hear the characteristic sound of the
~disk drive and you can see the little AT&T logo with the word Working
~when the thing is busy...
I saw that, too... Is Microsoft Word really that slow, though?
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Other: todd@ivucsb.UUCP may not work yet.dsueme@chinet.chi.il.us (dave sueme) (04/05/89)
is MS-Word really that slow? Nope, it is slower. (I use it anyhow). dave sueme