Espana N. Sheriff wrote on Sun, 22 Jun 2003 06:20:47 -0700:
> One of my favorites is when characters destroy the *monitor*
> (mostimes by smashing the tube or dropping it out a window) and then
> run gleefully from the scene... leaving the computer itself intact.
> I'll admit they seem to be getting better about smashing the entire thing
> but stilll-what did the poor monitor ever do to them?
Uhm, classic Mac. When you threw the monitor out of the window,
only the keyboard is left. Of course, in the case of a C64,
you would only throw the keyboard out of the window.
Btw: There is a funny story by Gibson himself about how
surprised he was when he could buy his first Apple II from the
"Neuromancer" royalties, and the dang thing made those funny
screeching noises from the "what is that, a floppy disk? I
thought the thing had holographic storage".
Karl M. Syring
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