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In reply to the discussion: How to send an "E mail" 1984 [View all]William Seger
(10,742 posts)... which reminds me of another anecdote: I was in the basement of the Smithsonian History and Technology museum in D.C. (now just called the American History building, I think), where that had parts of the ENIAC on display, the first "general purpose" (programmable) computer developed in the '40s. One of the parts was a mobile console with a bunch of knobs on top, one of which was labeled "Speed." I turned it, and it came off in my hand! I looked around, and there was nobody else to be seen. For about two seconds -- okay, maybe more -- I considered how cool it would be to have the speed control from the world's first computer... then I put it back and left quickly before I changed my mind.
And "XT clone" reminds me of one of the World's Greatest Corporate Blunders -- IBM thinking that the Big Blue label on the box was all they needed, so why not just buy an OS from Bill Gates.