Re: interesting take on Olsen's "no reason for any individual tohave a computer in his home"
Date: 24 Nov 2004 13:22:18 -0600
In article <QIqdnYD7HMNf4zncRVn-2Q@rcn.net>, jmfbahciv@aol.com writes:
>
> I don't recall any talk about PCs with the Olivetti deal. Now there
> may have been another deal but I would think the main players would
> have talked about it.
Later on (Pentium timeframe I think) DEC HiNote laptops were
made by Olivetti.
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