- Robert Lucky, quoted in chapter 20 of _In Introduction to Operating
Systems_ by Harvey Deitel, (c) 1984. (My guess is that this quote appeared
in the Reflections column in IEEE Spectrum, but I don't have back issues and
I can't find them online.)
At any rate, one of my very favorite quotes about computers.
- Joe
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Thomas [mailto:jpthomas@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Monday, April 06, 1998 10:09 AM
To: FoRK
Subject: National Semiconductor Intros "PC on a Chip"
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/technology/story.html?s=z/reuters/98040
6/tech/stories/nsi_1.html
Looks like the days of intelligent toasters are soon to be
upon us.
I'm looking forward to reading my email in the shower :)
Some
pertinent quotes:
National Semiconductor today plans to announce a way to
combine most
of the chips used
in personal computers into a single chip, which could bring
PC prices
under $500 and lead to a host of new computing
devices.
National said its new chip will lead to even lower cost PCs
and other
low-cost "information appliances."
"You will be surrounded by PCs," Halla said of machines that
could use
National's new chips. "You will get into your car
and say e-mail please, you will have a flat panel display on
the wall
above your bedroom. It could be impossible to predict
what will happen by the year 2000."
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Jay Thomas (w)617-576-4832 ICQ:5270335
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I think so, Brain, but how will we get a pair of Abe
Vigoda's pants?