W dniu 2014-04-26 03:43, zMan pisze:
I've heard rumors that the names are often not determined until shortly
before release anyway, after some not-so-fun marketing meetings...
Does it really matter? Would IBM sell any more piece of EC12 if they had
chosen more sexy name?
Was z196 a flop
Without meaning to be defensive z196 a flop? I've encountered tons of
them.
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Since it's the weekend: in Ireland, license plates are assigned to a car and
never change
when ownership changes, and the license numbers have always been
YY-COUNTY-NUMBER, where
YY is the year of the car's manufacture. Our 2008 Ford plate is 08-CE-4088 for
County Clare.
In anticipation of
That's interesting .Why did they do the 131/132 thing, though? If they
didn't run out in other years, why did they suddenly feel the need to
double the address space? Or were they already on the verge of running out,
in which case the alleged reason might be an urban legend?
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014
zMan's question is a good one, but the reversion to just 14 for the
year 2014 does add credence to the notion that superstition was the
rationale for the one-off 2013 scheme.
The distinction that needs to be remembered is that in Eire, Italy and
a number of other European countries these plates
No urban legend - the plan was publicized well in advance of 2013 that there
would be
no year 13 plates issued, period. There was no shortage of numbers in years
before
or after 13. Car dealers did complain that their sales were way down in June,
as
buyers then wanted the 132 as a sign of a
aledlhug...@aol.com (Aled Hughes) writes:
Back in the early '80s, I was told that IBM's Model Range for the 3083
- E, B and J - used the initial letter of the Product Managers' last
names for the models. Anyone know if this was true?
some 3083 topic drift
this account has 3081 ( 3033) using
Werent they developed at La Gaude ? I was there in the 90s
Regards,
Scott
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aledlhug...@aol.com (Aled Hughes) writes:
Back in the early '80s, I was told that IBM's Model
scott_j_f...@yahoo.com (Scott Ford) writes:
Werent they developed at La Gaude ? I was there in the 90s
re:
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014f.htm#49 Beyond the EC12
4341 was being done in Endicott, maybe thinking about (slower) 4331
that was being done in Europe (Boeblingen) on 4361 (4331
