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From: Roger Merchberger <zmerch_at_northernway.net>
Date: Tue May 6 22:52:17 1997

Two of my favorites:

ISTR (tho I haven't seen it since it came out) that the original Terminator
was programmed in:

1: Basic (Applesoft Basic, wasn't it?)
2: 8-bit Assembly (methinks 6800/6809, but it could have been 6502...
memory fuzzy)
3: Get this: COBOL!!!!! ;-O

There may have been others... but those are three I distinctly remember
from the movie.

The other one (of course):

Scotty talking to a mouse on an original Macintosh (which, of course) had
the computational capabilities of a Cray it would seem...

And the 64,000 byte question: If Scotty had *never* seen a QWERTY keyboard
before in his life... how the *he!!* can he type so fast!?!

Inquiring minds want to know!

Prost,
"Merch"
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Roger Merchberger       | If at first you don't succeed,
Programmer, NorthernWay | nuclear warhead disarmament should *not*
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Received on Tue May 06 1997 - 22:52:17 BST

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