[geeks] 80s computers, was Re: [rescue] fwd: Linux Foundation Prepares For Microsoft's Legal Action

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Mike Meredith wrote:
> On Mon, 21 May 2007 16:47:47 -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>> A couple of the 80s adventure games made reference to the protective
>> UK computer market, including at least one by Infocom.
> 
> Looks like I may have been wrong. Not the first time, and won't be the
> last :) (good move BTW)
> 
>> I also remember jokes about "chips that pass in the night" on a list
>> about Sinclair computers, but never knew what that was about.  I
>> assumed it was something uniquely UK.
> 
> Short version of 'chips on ships that pass in the night' ? The bit
> after "on" being an old phrase for one-night stands.

Yes... and I still don't get it.

What about the Timex Sinclair would trigger that kind of thing being said
about its components?

Or was it something about Clive?



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