Re: The history of the MONITOR tops-10)

Article View: alt.folklore.computers

Article #625026

Back to alt.folklore.computers Previous Next

#625026

From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:38

14 lines
2258 bytes

On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:34:02 -0700 (PDT)
Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

> I suppose that if the software on our computers was actually efficient,
> too many people would be building H-bombs in their backyards or something.

	Probably not, but people wouldn't buy so many new computers in
search of something fast enough to type a letter on.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith                          |   Directable Mirror Arrays
C:\>WIN                                     | A better way to focus the sun
The computer obeys and wins.                |    licences available see
You lose and Bill collects.                 |    http://www.sohara.org/

Technical Details

Message-ID: <20180716213814.7af9770fcc59cabe82dd8a60@eircom.net>

Path:

mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!o12-v6ni602wmc.0!nntp.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail

References:

<pib5q8$f7v$1@sdf.lonestar.org> <slrnpkj3qf.194.mausg@smaus.org> <picc8e$360$2@dont-email.me> <pid2ak$15mo$1@gal.iecc.com> <cbeb462a-5e71-46aa-899b-96fa4444e437@googlegroups.com>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Received: by 2002:adf:f6c1:: with SMTP id y1-v6mr1531279wrp.28.1531774804698;        Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:00:04 -0700 (PDT)
X-BeenThere: alt.folklore.computers@googlegroups.com
Received: by 2002:a5d:6510:: with SMTP id x16-v6ls873522wru.9.gmail; Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:00:03 -0700 (PDT)
X-Received: by 2002:adf:f911:: with SMTP id b17-v6mr1618900wrr.3.1531774803904;        Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:00:03 -0700 (PDT)
Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!o12-v6ni602wmc.0!nntp.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: The history of the MONITOR tops-10)
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 21:38:14 +0100
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 14
Message-ID: <20180716213814.7af9770fcc59cabe82dd8a60@eircom.net>
References: <pib5q8$f7v$1@sdf.lonestar.org> <slrnpkj3qf.194.mausg@smaus.org> <picc8e$360$2@dont-email.me> <pid2ak$15mo$1@gal.iecc.com> <cbeb462a-5e71-46aa-899b-96fa4444e437@googlegroups.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="d7dec086f275a01ad0ca5b3bcc75a7db"; logging-data="25111"; mail-complaints-to="ab...@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19HIQ36BN8MOjNqYPR0XHShp0eRu8v1JwA="
Cancel-Lock: sha1:E6462EKLpeZtBFezfcev+c9g6bc=
X-Newsreader: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.1)
X-Clacks-Overhead: "GNU Terry Pratchett"
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Reply to Parent Message