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Article #691Strange advertising
From: Lyons D M
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 08:43
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 08:43
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On British ITV, Tuesday 8/9/92 at 9 pm, something called a transputer was the
focus of a detective program ("Boon"). This device, a "printed circuit to help
computers talk to one another".
Some of the technology was quite correctly portrayed. It seemed important that
"the FPU was on the same chip as the CPU", although the actor seemed
uncomfortable with the line. The industrial spies seemed to spend a lot of
time stripping the data from proms or EPLD's or such.
Perhaps it was not a good idea to hide the thing (even in its carefully labeled
antistatic wrapper) in the cistern of a toilet.
Did Inmos give permission for this usage?
David Lyons, Computer Science, University of Essex, Colchester C04 3SQ
England. Tel: 44 206 872674
Email: lyond@uk.ac.essex Fax: 44 206 872788 (GP's 3/2/Auto)
David Lyons, Computer Science, University of Essex, Colchester C04 3SQ /-----\
England. Tel: 44 206 872674 |-o_o-|
Email: lyond@uk.ac.essex Fax: 44 206 872788 (GP's 3/2/Auto) | |
The most important things in life are Red Balloons. |!!!!!|
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