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Re: Who wants to be a Millionaire?

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From: Andrew C. Poole
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:00
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In message <48dc2576dfa.m.conroy@argonet.co.uk>
          Andrew Conroy <a.m.conroy@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

> Did anyone else read the article in The Sunday Express Magazine about Who
> Wants to be a Millionaire? In it it states
> 
> " The music is run off two specially built computers; the graphics and
> the questions - thousands of them, each randomly generated - are
> controlled by Chriss Goss of Winchester and a pair of Acorns "
> 
> It would be interesting to hear from Chris about exactly what the set-up
> is.
> 

Speaking of this programme, didn't they have a lot of problems with this series?!

Oh yeah, If the subject was what you were asking, the answer is yes please! ;-)

Andy.
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From: Andrew C. Poole <andrew@malpasroad.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Who wants to be a Millionaire?
Date: 1999/03/20
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