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Article #103065Re: Coffee cup holder - CD drive UL?
From: CRIT
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:00
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tr...@lucent.com (Scott Forbes) wrote:
>+-- Dan Hartung <dhar...@mcs.net> wrote:
>| and realized that *every CD-ROM drive* has this logo on the front
>|that says
>| compact
>| d i s c
>
>The variant I saw listed Australia as the point of origin, and
>emphasized that the drive had "4X" written on the front ("4X" is the
>abbreviation for a popular brand of Aussie beer, apparently).
Or not, as the case may be. I've never heard it. Any other Aussies ever
heard of XXXX being written 4X? (i mean it is _called_ "Four EX", but
written 'XXXX')
Yet another indicator of the UL status of this story I'd reckon...
CRIT
Australian and not _that_ stupid
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