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Re: He's Fired, She's Hired

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From: Charles Green
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1986 17:54
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In article <878@tekigm2.UUCP> wrd@tekigm2.UUCP (Bill Dippert) writes:
> [...]  What did we see but the hero doing wordprocessing on a little old
>Atari XL series computer!

I was surprised, also, to see an 800XL in a department store advertisement
of a computer desk (Hecht's or Sears, as I recall).

A bit like "Star Trek", more popular *after* production than before...
-- 
"'Tis better to 'R' and be thought a fool, than to 'F' and remove all doubt."
-Charles Green at C3 Inc.	{{styx!seismo,cvl}!decuac,dolqci}!c3pe!charles
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From: charles@c3pe.UUCP (Charles Green)
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Subject: Re: He's Fired, She's Hired
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Date: Fri, 15-Aug-86 13:54:46 EDT
Article-I.D.: c3pe.231
Posted: Fri Aug 15 13:54:46 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 17-Aug-86 08:15:20 EDT
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Organization: C3, Inc., Reston, VA
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