On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
> For our Computer Faire booth, we used to have a 5' inflatable toy
> Tyrannosaurus (wearing a valid admission badge as VP of Marketing) holding
> an 8" diskette with a bite out of it. One time, a little kid walked up
> and said, "that's not real." My assistant said, "that's right, it's just
> a plastic inflatable." The kid responded, "not that, you dork, that disk
> is fake." Bob said, "No, that's a real diskette; they used to make them
> like that." The kid rolled his eyes and said, "yeah. right." and walked
> away.
Little punk...
:)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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