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From: Neil Harris
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1988 06:03
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1988 06:03
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In article <3367@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, engst@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Adam C. Engst) writes:
>
> I was watching a PBS show on TV the other night, something called The
> Computer Chronicles. They were talking about manufacturing in Taiwan, which
> was pretty interesting, but then the phone rang. I started recording the
> show on the VCR and answered the phone. When I finished on the phone and
> went back to watch the parts of the show I missed, I was pleasantly
> surprised. They were talking about Atari! All of a sudden, this voice
> starts speaking, the picture flashes on the screen, and lo and behold, Neil
> Harris is really a normal looking person, not some forked-tongue demon who
> delights in feeding Atari users vicious rumors. Course then the tape ran
> out after Neil had said only a few words :-).
>
> I just thought the net would like to know that Neil actually was a real
> person, since sometimes he isn't treated as one.
>
> Thanks a lot for the help with finding me a dealer in my area, Neil!!!
Made my day, Adam. Thanks.
I thought the show did a really good job on the Taiwan manufacturing issue.
Which is good, because they filmed here for an entire day!
Did anyone see their coverage of Comdex? I haven't seen that one yet
myself, but I hear that Abaq got on at some length.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!imagen!atari!neil From: neil@atari.UUCP (Neil Harris) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Multiuser BBS & HDSCAN/DISKTOP Message-ID: <947@atari.UUCP> Date: 15 Jan 88 06:03:11 GMT References: <308@stag.UUCP> <11400008@silver> <3367@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Organization: Atari Corp/Mktg Lines: 32