Semi-OT: Interesting or unusual PC Compatibles?

Jim Leonard trixter at oldskool.org
Sun Jul 1 14:37:09 CDT 2007


Chuck Guzis wrote:
> I should hastily add that the Compaq story does seem to smack a bit 
> of "urban legend", so there may be other takes on it.  But that's 
> what I heard at the time...

It's been confirmed several times, actually, including Robert X. 
Cringley's documentary Triumph of the Nerds.
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