In 1983, the Apple Pitts (Pittsburgh's premier Apple user group) had a contest for the best food/computer puns. The result is "Take a Byte at the Apple Cafe". Reading it now, 20 years later, reminds me of the state of the art at that time. Some have no relevance today- for instance, we ued PEEK and POKE a lot in subroutines. No one uses a notcher anymore. When we refer to an LCD screen, we mean something very small. Pull down menus were a new feature. What would be offered at a new Cafe, the, - er, - "iMac" Cafe?
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Drive in WindowBig MAC with chipsgo SUBS Amper Sandwich Notcher with cheese chip, dip,
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Main MENURaster of baconLAN stew with CRTs init Sili con carne Turnkey with stuffit Lack of RAM Peeking Royal Duck Poke chops
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Soup 'r Cereal (super serial)VGAtable soupChecksum noodle soup beef boolean Bouli (data)base
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Side DishesHacker brown potatoeserror corn RS(232) a-roni diskettes with gravy macroaroni
DrinksASCII ExpressoLemon Ada Portwine |
Apple tizersROMany ryePascal celery RCA jack cheese
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DOSsertPie a la Modem with Haagan DOS ice creamPeek on pi Pineapple delete
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