On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, ken ross wrote: > i'd have to change the notes up and loose a lot of the value in > commision etc . international reply coupons - ask at any main p.o. ;-) Okay, I made a false guess about your origin. In the old days it was easier when there were only academic institutions and big companies on the net. So, I change my words about "$1 bills" to "£1 notes". > alligator ? > when you're delving inside your 8000 that isn't an sk look at it from side > and it looks like alligator - i was told this term by a chap who'd been > dealing with cbm's since the old days Time to get an older PET then, I guess. :-) Are there any other nicknames for Commodore equipment? In Australia, some people call the C64 toad (for us non-native speakers: that's a very slow animal in a hard case that won the running competition against the rabbit in a fairy tale), and Germans call it "Brotkasten", in English bread box or bread case. The 1541 was referred to as the toaster at least up here. Marko - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tcm.hut.fi.
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