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RE: B & R COMPUTERS $1278

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From: John Will
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 15:15
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TO: trekkie@netlink.cts.com
BN>That ad was a fake ad, made up by Penn Jilette to go along with his article.
BN>The 800 number he put in there doesn't even work.  Read Penn's article 
BN>("Micro Mephisto"), and he'll explain the ad.  I think he intended it as an
BN>April Fool's joke.  Oh, by the way, you forgot that the ad threw in lots of 
BN>free software, too.  Whatever you do, though, don't call that number!

I had already figured that out without knowing the origin. :-)
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From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: RE: B & R COMPUTERS $1278
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Date: 6 Apr 92 15:15:00 GMT
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