[AUUG-Talk]: [Fwd: FW: 1954 Popular Mechanics view of the Home PC in 2004]

Greg Black gjb at auug.org.au
Thu Nov 25 11:01:57 EST 2004


On 2004-11-24, Glenn Satchell wrote:
> > From: David Newall <davidn at rebel.net.au>
> > On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 21:37, Glenn Satchell wrote:
> > > > They weren't totally wrong.  I like the idea of a steering wheel on a
> > > > house computer.
> > > 
> > > And the original article you are referring to would be ?
> > 
> > Would be an attached picture. which AUUG's mail software rudely removed,
> > so I'm afraid you'll have to refer back to 1954 back-issues of Popular
> > Mechanics magazine.
> 
> And I just happen to have that magazine in the garage :-)
> 
>   http://4peeps.com/ivb/index.php?showtopic=16207

You might like to compare it with this:

    http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp

Cheers, Greg



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