aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent) (06/16/84)
Apparently there is an advertisement in one of the munitions magazines that
goes something like this:
THE GUY ON THE RIGHT DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE. The guy on the right has
the Osborne 1, a fully functional computer system in a portable package the
size of a briefcase. The guy on the left has an Uzi submachine gun concealed
in his attache case. Also in the case are four fully loaded, 32-round clips
of 125-grain 9mm ammunition.
The owner of the Uzi is going to get more tactical firepower delivered
-- and delivered on target -- in less time, and with less effort.
All for $795. It's inevitable.
If you're going up against some guy with an Osborne 1 -- or any
personal computer -- he's the one who's in trouble. One round from an Uzi can
zip through ten inches of solid pine wood, so you can imagine what it will do
to structural foam acrylic and sheet aluminum. In fact, detachable magazines
for the Uzi are available in 25-, 32-, and 40-round capacities, so you can
take out an entire office full of Apple II or IBM Personal Computers tied into
Ethernet or other local-area networks.
What about the new 16-bit computers, like the Lisa and Fortune? Even
with the Winchester backup, they're no match for the Uzi. One quick burst and
they'll find out what Unix means.
Make your commanding officer proud. Get an Uzi -- and come home a
winner in the fight for office automatic weapons.
(quoted from *InfoWorld*, June 4, 1984, page 95)
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-- Jeff Sargent
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"...I've got to be where my spirit can run free..."robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) (06/20/84)
References: Regarding the funny advt comparing an Osborne 1 to an UZI -- I think you will find that on airplane trips it's easier to use an Osborne 1. - Toby Robison (not Robinson!) allegra!eosp1!robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison princeton!eosp1!robison