CompuServe Thread

#A3000

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#106195From: Claude J. GoschJan 29, 1988 10:56 PM
That's what I suspected. Using Max Toy's name at the end threw me a curve though. Thanks.
#106234From: Lloyd W. Dull IIIJan 30, 1988 12:39 AM
Claude, If *I* put the name Max Toy at the bottom of this message, would it through you a curve? No, I don't think so. Beware of reading your own hopes into messages of this sort. There are enough lunatics out there that like to "get a rise" out of people by leaving inflamitory messages (remember the ST wars some months back?). This particular "message" preyed on some of our collective *hopes*. Lloyd
#106248From: John DraperJan 30, 1988 2:15 AM
Lloyd, it was perfectly obvious that it was a joke when it showed up on Usenet. Regards, Larry.
#106249From: Don Curtis/SYSOPJan 30, 1988 2:21 AM
Larry, But as is obvious by it's being posted here 5 times now that some folks took it as a serious message…or at least serious enough to post it and ask about it. Don
#106344From: John DraperJan 30, 1988 4:12 PM
Don, That's true, but I don't want anyone to lose sight of the fact that it was not a maliscious message. It was meant as, and taken as a joke when it was posted to Usenet. The fellow who posted it has done a lot for the Amiga community, and I wouldn't want him to take flak for what was done after the fact, that is, the posting of the single message out of context. Regards, Larry.
#106577From: Lloyd W. Dull IIIJan 31, 1988 2:58 PM
Larry, I understand that. But only in the context it was posted ON Usenet. It has since been uploaded HERE, as well as many private BBS's, TOTALLY OUT OF CONTEXT. There is where the confusion set in. Lloyd
#106440From: Claude J. GoschJan 30, 1988 11:14 PM
Whoever set the message up made it a clever exaduration (sorry – can't spell that) of some of the more legitimate rumors that most of us have heard. Actually, except for the PS/2 and MAC bull, the rest looks possible, but not for a year or two. Actually I'm glad it's not true, I'd hate to think my new 2000 was soon to become obsolete. Claude