phipps@fortune.UUCP (Clay Phipps) (09/08/84)
Because the name "Popcorn", like "Peanut", is probably a creation
of the industry press, rather than of IBM, it doesn't have to correspond
to any particular IBM product.
The IBM PCjr was *never* codenamed "Peanut" within IBM;
one of its IBM codenames was "Sprite".
IBM reportedly has taken to devising zillions of bogus codenames
for its micro products, presumably to easily identify the source of leaks,
like those that can occur when preannouncement versions or copies
of hardware or software are loaned to a software developer.
[The opinions expressed are my own,
and may or may not correspond to those of my employer]
-- Clay Phipps
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