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From: gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor)
Subject: Re: Advertising blooper
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In article <40838@cup.portal.com> gort@cup.portal.com (george d harrington) writes:
>Has anyone noticed in the advertising...
>[discusses how it appears that LC has two adb connectors since mouse]
>[isn't plugged into keyboard in the ad]

	Well, if you look at that self-same ad, you'll see that, with
the exception of the cable that comes out of each mouse, there are
-no- cables visible.  Normally the ADB plug would stick out enough to
be visible on each of those keyboards.  Nor do you see a monitor cable
on that Radius that hooked up to the IIfx.

	It's pretty common not to have cables visible in ads, except
where absolutely necessary (like the mouse).  They clutter up the
pretty picture.  Think about it - if you saw the mess of cables that
it takes to hook up, say, a VCR or a Nintendo, would it be quite as
attractive?  Style over substance - welcome to marketing...

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