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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 1995 LIMA NEWSLETTER
THE ORIGIN OF THE GENEVE COMPUTER'S NAME
The clamshell containing the Myarc's computer-on-a-card says
"Myarc 9640 Family Computer". The box calls it "Geneve". What is the
origin of these names? No, it has nothing to do with any computer
chip. There is no such thing as a 9640 chip. The answer is in an
article by Dave Wakely published in the August 30 1986 issue of
Chciago Times, newsletter of the Chicago User Group. This is the
first published account of anybody actually seeing a working Myarc
computer. The report is from the June 1986 chicago Consumer
Electronics Show.
"(Myarc owner Lou) Phillips stated that Texas Instruments asked
him not to use "9900" in the name, but he retained the "9" and added
the "640" because that is the amount of RAM which comes with the
machine."
"With Phillips behind the table was Joyhn Keown, author of Module
Emulator, who is now doing extensive work with Myarc. ...... I
inquired about the origin of the name. Keown jumped in and stated
that it was his idea. It seems that a few days before the CES, while
they were working together, Keowin told Phillips that he felt there
should be a name for the new machine instead of just a number, "the
9640". As they were heading down the staircase from Phillips' office
there was a framed print on the wall. The name at the bottom was
"Geneve", and when Keown suggested this, Phillips agreed to it."
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