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- From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
- Subject: Computer disguises (was Re: Jackpotting Vending Machines for Candy)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.161821.18350@geovision.gvc.com>
- Reply-To: pt@geovision.gvc.com
- Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
- References: <739.2B0A0AF3@mechanic.Fidonet.org> <1992Nov19.061516.26045@tc.cornell.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:18:21 GMT
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- mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) writes:
-
- >I also stole one of the plastic price labels from the inside of the machine
- >for $.55, and taped it to my bitty box at home (looks like a miniature
- >Coke machine, anyway...)
-
- I've also disguised my computers. My Tandy 1200HD at home has an authentic
- "Watstar PC Network/Faculty of Engineering/University of Waterloo" sticker
- on it - some clueless people has asked me how I get connected to that
- network while living in western Quebec. My VT220 has an "HP Apollo Series
- 700" sticker. I'm looking for something appropriate for my Sparcstation at
- work. Perhaps an IBM-PC/RT label or something.
-
- I remember when some product - I can't remember whether it was a Cobol
- compiler or a PC version of SPF (sorry - ISPF now-a-days) - came with a
- little sticker to replace the "IBM PC" sticker with one that said "IBM 370".
-
-
- --
- Paul Tomblin, pt@geovision.gvc.com
- (This is not an official opinion of GeoVision Systems Inc.)
- A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone
- -- Henry David Thoreau.
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