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From: wln@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (William L Nussbaum)
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Subject: Re: Humpback
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Date: 7 May 90 09:53:45 GMT
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>That's April, people.  Like April Fool's?
>
>Humpback is in the same vein that that "IBM's making a $1000 Mac clone
>that has 24 bit color, an internal modem, hard drive, and 100%
>compatibility" joke that either MacUser or MacWorld ran in >their< April
>issues.

> Chris Parker |  cp26@andrew.cmu.edu |   "Look!  It's a witty comment!"   |

...of course, then there's that AppleTree rumor that MacUser ran in their
May issue that seems like it was an April joke....

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