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Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]

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From: Dan Pop
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 19:48
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In <nevin-1008951927550001@mac-nevin.cs.arizona.edu> nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU (Nevin ":-]" Liber) writes:

>In article <danpop.808016032@rscernix>, Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
>
>> > I believe the last of them (Smith-Corona?) pulled out of that
>> > business last month.
>
>> This is only your belief.
>
>I went back and checked.  Smith-Corona filed on July 5th in U.S.
>Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.  Source:  Binary Beat column, July 16th,
>Chicago Tribune.

You missed the point (it isn't the first time :-)  I didn't doubt
that Smith-Corona went out of business, but the fact that it was "the
last of them".  Go back and check.

Dan
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