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To: Kirk © who wrote (110501)9/3/2025 4:51:38 PM
From: Stan  Read Replies (1) of 110581
 
xyzzy Ring a bell?
Actually, no so I had to look it up. :) xyzzy

I often wouldn't know what input those text adventure games accepted when the prompt said something like "What's next?" Kept getting "Can't understand request." xyzzy would have come in handy.

HP is still doing great decades after other names I can think of fell out of the running - Tandy, Compaq (absorbed by HP), Wang.

A buddy of mine who died in a nursing home last year had gotten an HP Envy from his sister. It's the most gorgeous laptop I've ever personally seen.
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