The
name is more expensive than the product – this may be true for
Apple, but no one can honestly say that about Commodore today
anymore – The company has experienced more than 3
reputation-harming changes of ownership.
On consumer entertainment technology now and then...
A blog about the interesting world of obsolete consumer electronics and what they can teach us for todays devices.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Fun Trivia 10
Chuck
Norris – he codes a Core2Quad in VHDL and burns it onto a CD. Some
say he managed to put it on tape... Of course, this tape was coated
with his own skin, to make it able to withstand lightspeed reading.
Fun Trivia 9
Relaxes
your hands... …if you've overdone trying to fix a computer once
again: 800g of fine starch mixed with 500ml water.
Fun Trivia 8
Model
sticker on SC Compucolor II case -
"The attractive cabinet of this computer is made of molded
plastic polymers to provide the ultimate in sculptured beauty."
Fun Trivia 7
Nolan
Bushnell - "The things I'm gonna come up with in the next 2 or 3
years are just gonna knock your socks off."
Fun Trivia 6
A
consumer... …goes to a store in the GDR and wants to buy a
computer. The owner tells him, „We have no soldering irons here...
You will find no computers in the store down the street.“
Fun Trivia 5
Apple
– it's hard to believe, but this company is the only company
producing non-IBM compatible complete computers that is on the
market since 1976.
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