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From: bevis@EE.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Jeff Bevis)
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Subject: Re: Just a little note about Mac adds...
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Date: 6 Feb 90 15:49:22 GMT
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In article <10275@nigel.udel.EDU>, new@udel.edu (Darren New) writes:
>Remember that Mac add where the people think of a "heliocar" and 
>turn it from a napkin-drawing into a video?  "Creative" stuff?

>I found it amusing to learn that such a device was prototyped in 1940.
>Basically, an autogiro with wings that could be folded back to allow
>it to be driven down a street like a car.   G'Day! -- Darren

Was it patented?  Was the name trademarked?  If so, I suggest the creators
(or their heirs) sue for violation of the "look" and "feel" of a helocar.
:-)


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