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- >>>>> "Jon" == Jon Abbott <jabbott@magicnet.net> writes:
- In article <31C069D1.64CE9A5D@magicnet.net> Jon Abbott <jabbott@magicnet.net> writes:
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- Jon> TC Lai wrote:
- >> Ditto. Very cool visual history of computing (it's nice to
- >> actually see all the people and computers alluded to in all of
- >> the books), but not too much on ARDI. I thought for sure that
- >> they'd say something about it towards the end of the third
- >> hour. Neat to see Mat commenting about Coke and programming
- >> though. :)
-
- Jon> Yep, when I heard them talking about reverse engineering
- Jon> ROMs, I thought for sure that they would mention ARDI. I was
- Jon> really suprised when they didn't. I missed the first 1/3 of
- Jon> the show and got a bit upset when there was no mention of
- Jon> ARDI in the last parts.. Has anyone videotaped it? :^)
-
- They taped enough material that they could have mentioned us later in
- the program, but my guess is that time constraints prevented them from
- explaining what we do and why we *might* become important (we're not
- yet). Remember, Phoenix Technologies, the company that did
- exceedingly well selling BIOS ROMs to clone makers, wasn't mentioned,
- either.
-
- I think Bob made a really good documentary. Although I'd have
- appreciated free advertising, I don't blame him for not showing more
- of us on the show.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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