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[OM] Re: [OT] Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 question

Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 question
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 05:49:54 -0500
PCMCIA is actually Personal Computer Manufacturer's Computer Industry 
Association... meaning a "standards" group.  However, no one (except me, 
maybe) could ever remember this mouthful and so it's most appropriate 
that it fostered the People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms.
And, yes, it is now simply called PC Card.

Chuck Norcutt

Moose wrote:
> I thought PCMCIA had gone away in favor of PC card. My late brother 
> designed portable computers. He believed PCMCIA stood for People Can't 
> Memorize Computer Industry Ackronyms.


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