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Re: Picture Request: Microsoft "Ads" at Finals

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Originally Posted by corebreach
That's hilarious. You think they would have had that figured out when the system was installed.
Yeah. I didn't even expect that these ad boards would be treated as displays for screen savers to be shown on. I'd guess at a special serial connection or something.

Somehow, I always think that systems like this (in this case displaying lo-rez, low- depth images with transitions) would be run by some tiny box with little or no software — like scrolling message boards. Then I see a blue screen, screen saver... It seems like a waste and misuse of an already bad computer. Still funny.

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Bah! Slow typing.
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Originally Posted by JosephM
The "ads" was the computer system failing, rebooting, and then the screen saver going on. I think Woz got a kick out of seeing it...
That's why I put "ads" in quotes
I forgot about Woz being there... Heh.

Last edited by Sidney San Martín : 24-04-2005 at 20:50. Reason: Just-too-late post, adding response to other post.