from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
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}.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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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