Re: Latest 1-800-Dentist Commercial users //c Icon ;-)

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

rob wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:10:36 -0000, Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> > So I actually saw a commercial for 1-800-Dentist this morning instead
> > of blipping over it with the Tivo.
> >
> > This is the ad that shows a woman going over a checklist of things to
> > do, and the voice-over says that times are busy and "finding a
> > dentist" doesn't normally make your list.
> >
> > Then it says to call or "go online". Now here's the funny part:
> >
> > The Computer "icon" they use on-screen just above the website address
> > is...
> >
> > an Apple //c, a //c color composite monitor, and a 3.5" disk drive
> > right next to it on the left.
> >
> > Yes, it is a modern illustration of one, but there's no denying what
> > it is.
> >
> > It's not on youtube or the website yet, or I'd give you a link. But
> > trust me, it is there, and I pratically fell out of my chair when I
> > saw it.
> >
> > Apple II Forever!
> >
> > -Warr
>
>
> On a similar note, a local pharmacy I visited last week was using an
> Apple //e to print labels on medicine bottles. I noticed this when I
> heard the old C.itoh DMP running in the background.  The pharmacist
> loves the machine as it's reliable and very cheap to run.
>
> Who says Apple //'s are dead ?

Right.

About a couple of times a year I hear that characteristic dot matrix
whine behind a counter, and I peek over to take a look.  About half
the time it is an Apple driving that C. Itoh iron.  ;-)

I encounter it more often in medical/veterinary environments...

-michael

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