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Home Computer

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:32 pm
by Coltess
:P

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:05 pm
by Nexeus
There are days that I feel like my computer looks just like that!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:25 pm
by Mummu
Fortran

:)

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:02 pm
by Tarryk
I'm curious of the exact date of that article. Any idea or way to find out, and what publication it was in?

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:13 pm
by Mummu
my guess is that its from 1954

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:52 pm
by Coltess
This is where I got the picture: http://users.net1plus.com/scottm/HomeComputer.jpg
Maybe Scott M knows? http://users.net1plus.com/scottm/

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:52 pm
by Tarryk
Nope. Bubble bursted. It's a hoax.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp

PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:40 pm
by Mummu
too bad.
but still funny.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:49 pm
by Coltess
Oh, well....
:(

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:18 pm
by Cowtipper
I thought I remembered seeing that picture somewhere. I used to hang out on Fark and Somethingawful a lot.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:44 pm
by Boinky
Awww, I was gonna buy one of those too. Started cleaning out my garage in preparation :wink:

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:51 pm
by Cowtipper
That's okay Boinky, you could probably buy a submarine that's similar to it. Maybe... a yellow submarine.