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From: chad@norge.enet.dec.com (Chad Leigh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Apple's classic Orwellian Macintosh commercial
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Date: 17 Aug 90 13:46:04 GMT
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>By the way, does anyone have a copy of this ad on tape?  I'd really like to
>have one.  It is probably the most memorable commercial that was only
>played once.  

It is my understanding that at the Apple/DEC alliance announcement in
May they had an FX play much of this
commercial in real-time video off of a VAX file server.

I wasn't at the announcement itself -- did this happen?

Chad

chad@norge.enet.dec.com
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