Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!imagen!atari!neil
From: neil@atari.UUCP (Neil Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Multiuser BBS & HDSCAN/DISKTOP
Message-ID: <947@atari.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 88 06:03:11 GMT
References: <308@stag.UUCP> <11400008@silver> <3367@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
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In article <3367@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, engst@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Adam C. Engst) writes:
> 
> I was watching a PBS show on TV the other night, something called The
> Computer Chronicles.  They were talking about manufacturing in Taiwan, which
> was pretty interesting, but then the phone rang.  I started recording the
> show on the VCR and answered the phone.  When I finished on the phone and
> went back to watch the parts of the show I missed, I was pleasantly
> surprised.  They were talking about Atari!  All of a sudden, this voice
> starts speaking, the picture flashes on the screen, and lo and behold, Neil
> Harris is really a normal looking person, not some forked-tongue demon who
> delights in feeding Atari users vicious rumors.  Course then the tape ran
> out after Neil had said only a few words :-).
> 
> I just thought the net would like to know that Neil actually was a real
> person, since sometimes he isn't treated as one.
> 
> Thanks a lot for the help with finding me a dealer in my area, Neil!!!


Made my day, Adam.  Thanks.

I thought the show did a really good job on the Taiwan manufacturing issue.
Which is good, because they filmed here for an entire day!

Did anyone see their coverage of Comdex?  I haven't seen that one yet
myself, but I hear that Abaq got on at some length.

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