Re: IIc anniversary noted on CNN

[Exegete <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com>]

Charles Richmond wrote:
> "GSGeek
>
> > Really?  CNN never heard of the Tandy Model 100 or even the Osborne
> > 'portable' computer.  The Model 100 was a battery-operated Z80 laptop (but
> > no disk drive of any kind) with simple text editor and telecom software and
> > was introduced well before the //c which isn't a true laptop.  I have never
> > trusted CNN for accuracy: a similar message said that Columbia shuttle was
> > flying 8 times the speed of LIGHT when it disintegrated.  Do they ever check
> > what they tell?
>
> Them is morons over there at CNN... They probably also don't know
> the difference between multiple sclerosis and muscular distrophy.
> I once heard a newscaster say that a stun gun put out 10,000 AMPS

That would be one cool "stun" gun!

Roy

> of electricity. He should have said volts, of course...
>
>
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