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Debbie Wilson  
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From: djmaiz...@mac.com (Debbie Wilson)
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:04:01 +0100
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A little bit of fun on a grey afternoon:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7671677.stm

My score = 7 out of 10.
Anyone admit to getting a perfect 10?

Deb.

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Sara Kirk  
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:15:16 +0100
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In article <1iov0kh.qculieow46mjN%djmaiz...@mac.com>,
 djmaiz...@mac.com (Debbie Wilson) wrote:

> A little bit of fun on a grey afternoon:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7671677.stm

> My score = 7 out of 10.
> Anyone admit to getting a perfect 10?

> Deb.

Errrm.... I got the obvious two and two lucky guesses.

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Martin S.  
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:18:06 +0000
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In article <1iov0kh.qculieow46mjN%djmaiz...@mac.com>,
 djmaiz...@mac.com (Debbie Wilson) wrote:

> My score = 7 out of 10.
> Anyone admit to getting a perfect 10?

Sorry, only 4 out of 10. Most of these things I hadn't seen before.

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Andy Fraser  
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Date: 15 Oct 2008 15:27:26 GMT
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Debbie Wilson <djmaiz...@mac.com> wrote:
> A little bit of fun on a grey afternoon:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7671677.stm

> My score = 7 out of 10.
> Anyone admit to getting a perfect 10?

Alas, I only got 9. My guessing powers are good today. I know nothing
about consoles.

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Peter Hayes  
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From: Peter Hayes <sphnos...@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:52:23 +0100
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Bit older and XZ81, I feel quite proud to have not recognized games systems!

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Martin S.  
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:12:09 +0000
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In article <bKsJk.14333$KL7.2...@newsfe08.ams2>,
 Peter Hayes <sphnos...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Bit older and XZ81, I feel quite proud to have not recognized games systems!

Same here, anyway the game thingies looked like Batman's handbag.

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Rowland McDonnell  
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Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:26:11 +0100
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Sara Kirk <sarak...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>  djmaiz...@mac.com (Debbie Wilson) wrote:

> > A little bit of fun on a grey afternoon:

> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7671677.stm

> > My score = 7 out of 10.
> > Anyone admit to getting a perfect 10?

> > Deb.

> Errrm.... I got the obvious two and two lucky guesses.

One might argue that more than two were obvious.

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Rowland McDonnell  
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Debbie Wilson <djmaiz...@mac.com> wrote:
> A little bit of fun on a grey afternoon:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7671677.stm

> My score = 7 out of 10.
> Anyone admit to getting a perfect 10?

I was born in 1967.

How I am supposed to be able to identify a US computer from 1960?  Mind
you, my first guess was right.

Question 5 is given the wrong answer by the BBC.  Acorn *designed* the
BBC Micro, but contracted the manufacturing out.  The first BBC Micro my
dad bought was made by Cleartone (Abercarn, Gwent, IIRC).

I can also give the correct answer to question 8: `Can you identify
[this machine], with its logo removed?'.  No, I can't...  My best guess
was either Atari Jaguar or SNK Neo Geo.

The only question I actually got wrong was mis-identifying the eMac as
an iMac G3.  How is one supposed to spot the difference?

Rowland.

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Rowland McDonnell  
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Martin S. <n...@m.net> wrote:
>  Peter Hayes <sphnos...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> > Bit older and XZ81, I feel quite proud to have not recognized games systems!

> Same here, anyway the game thingies looked like Batman's handbag.

Ditto.

Rowland.

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Jim  
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Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-...@flur.bltigibbet> wrote:
> I was born in 1967.

> How I am supposed to be able to identify a US computer from 1960?  Mind
> you, my first guess was right.

So was I (born in '67) and I knew what machine it was. In my case it's
because I've read 'Hackers' (Steven Levy) which went into how Spacewar!
was developed.

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Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:31:28 +0100
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Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-...@flur.bltigibbet> wrote:
> Debbie Wilson <djmaiz...@mac.com> wrote:

> > A little bit of fun on a grey afternoon:

> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7671677.stm

> > My score = 7 out of 10.
> > Anyone admit to getting a perfect 10?

> I was born in 1967.

> How I am supposed to be able to identify a US computer from 1960?  Mind
> you, my first guess was right.

Dude, you've never seen a PDP-1? An Ex-GF's dad had one in his dining
room. Mind you, the clue was in the question as well, if you've read up
on it.

I got 9 - fluffed the NeoGeo one....

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Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-...@flur.bltigibbet> wrote:
> Debbie Wilson <djmaiz...@mac.com> wrote:

> > A little bit of fun on a grey afternoon:

> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7671677.stm

> > My score = 7 out of 10.
> > Anyone admit to getting a perfect 10?

> I was born in 1967.

> How I am supposed to be able to identify a US computer from 1960?  Mind
> you, my first guess was right.

I was born in 1965, I did. You either know or you doing (or you guess).
that is why it is a quiz.

> The only question I actually got wrong was mis-identifying the eMac as
> an iMac G3.  How is one supposed to spot the difference?

Because they look very different!

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