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- From: pete@minster.york.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: Computer disguises (was Re: Jackpotting Vending Machines for Candy)
- Message-ID: <722268198.10950@minster.york.ac.uk>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 14:03:18 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.161821.18350@geovision.gvc.com>
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
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- Paul Tomblin (pt@geovision.gvc.com) wrote:
- :
- : 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".
-
- Actually I remember this being an advert for DBase III which had a little
- cutout 370 label, because with DBase III your XT was ``as powerful as'' a
- mainframe.
-
- Oh how I long for the days when things were so innocent!
-
- Alternatively you may be thinking of the PC/370 which was an incredible hack
- which featured a card with a couple of microcoded 68000s emulating a 370
- running a single user version of CMS....
-
- Pete
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- *Peter Fenelon -- Research Associate -- Software Safety Assessment Procedures*
- Dept. of Computer Science, University of York, York, Y01 5DD (+44/0)904 433388
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