Chaplin (was: Charley Lasner

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Sun Apr 29 23:53:48 2001

On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Vance Dereksen wrote:
> TNG premiered in 1987, a couple weeks after IBM introduced the PS/2 with
> those ridiculous fake-Charlie-Chaplin ads.

IBM started using Chaplin's character from the beginning of the PC
(8/11/81). They actually licensed the character from Chaplin's estate.
Can you IMAGINE how Chaplin, with his politics (communist?), would have
felt about endorsing IBM?? The licensing gave IBM some extra leverage;
when Otrona did a commercial with a Chaplin look-alike IBM was able to
force them to back off. Does anyone here have a copy of the Otrona ad?

I thought that the PS/2 (model 30? and 50?) was intro'd in 1986 - does
anyone have the exact date?
Received on Sun Apr 29 2001 - 23:53:48 BST