"Woz" IIgs, & Dynabyte computers...

From: Ron Hudson <rhudson_at_cnonline.net>
Date: Mon Nov 3 21:03:39 2003

Hey!!!

A new measure of computer size - The Samoan!

PDP8 - 2 Samoans

IBM Mainframe with 8 DASD = 20 Samoans (enough samoans to lift
everything at once)


On Monday, November 3, 2003, at 08:35 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:

>> In which case it's far from being the first movable computer -- the
>
> ANY computer that has casters is "portable", and any that can be
> winched
> onto a trailer are "movable"
>
> When calling it "portable", does that require a Samoan?
> or how many Somalians?
> One Japanese computer company, in a picture ad demoing the
> "portability"
> of their computer used a well known Sumu wrestler. It may have been PC
> magazine who pointed out that HE could demo the "portability" of a
> Suzuki.
>
>
Received on Mon Nov 03 2003 - 21:03:39 GMT