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cpu wars
(foldoc) | CPU Wars
/C-P-U worz/ A 1979 large-format comic by Chas Andres
chronicling the attempts of the brainwashed androids of IPM
(Impossible to Program Machines) to conquer and destroy the
peaceful denizens of HEC (Human Engineered Computers). This
rather transparent allegory featured many references to
ADVENT and the immortal line "Eat flaming death,
minicomputer mongrels!" (uttered, of course, by an IPM
stormtrooper). It is alleged that the author subsequently
received a letter of appreciation on IBM company stationery
from the head of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratories
(then, as now, one of the few islands of true hackerdom in the
IBM archipelago). The lower loop of the B in the IBM logo, it
is said, had been carefully whited out. See {eat flaming
death}.
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cpu wars
(jargon) | CPU Wars
/C·P·U worz/, n.
A 1979 large-format comic by Chas Andres chronicling the attempts of the
brainwashed androids of IPM (Impossible to Program Machines) to conquer and
destroy the peaceful denizens of HEC (Human Engineered Computers). This
rather transparent allegory featured many references to ADVENT and the
immortal line “Eat flaming death, minicomputer mongrels!” (uttered, of
course, by an IPM stormtrooper). The whole shebang is now available on the
Web.
It is alleged that the author subsequently received a letter of
appreciation on IBM company stationery from the head of IBM's Thomas J.
Watson Research Laboratories (at that time one of the few islands of true
hackerdom in the IBM archipelago). The lower loop of the B in the IBM logo,
it is said, had been carefully whited out. See eat flaming death.
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