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From: herman@corpane.uucp (Harry Herman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Gameboy
Message-ID: <1991Jun22.205850.26385@corpane.uucp>
Date: 22 Jun 91 20:58:50 GMT
References: <1991Jun17.185821.28209@rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <1991Jun19.110 <285fb9cc: 3502.5comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Organization: Corpane Industries Inc.
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In <285fb9cc:3502.5comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP> akcs.falco@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Andrey Dolgachev) writes:

>Re: HP-95 Lynx palmtop computer (Harry Herman)

>Wasn't the codename of the HP-95 Jaguar?  Not Lynx.  I've heard the 95
>referred to as the Jaguar, but not as the Lynx.  Actually, I wonder why
>people still call the 95 by its codename Jaguar, after all, nobody refers
>to the 48SX as the Charlemagne or the 48S as Shorty.
>    ---Falco

Ooops.  I am reading too many newsgroups, and having to read them at night
after work.  I appologise for any confusion the post may have caused.
I read rec.games.video so see lots of posts for the Lynx videogame system.
I then mistakenly thought that the "LX" in HP95LX was short for "Lynx".

As far as using code names instead of product numbers, I prefer products
with names instead of numbers.  Also, if I had only heard of the HP48SX
as Charlemagne instead of HP48SX, I probably would have a hard time
breaking myself of the habbit once the marketing gods (or whoever) decided
on the "real" product name.  Also, when talking verbally to somebody, it
is quicker to say Jaguar than to say "H P ninetyfive L X" or "H P
ninetyfive".  Of course, I am not sure whether I would use HP48 or
Charlemagne :-).

				Harry Herman
				herman@corpane