Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:17:36 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

I once had a boss like that.  When dealing with users' unreasonable
requests,
his vocabulary contained a word that is not often found: "No."  He drove
a VW Beetle, rather than the obligatory management-style luxury car,
which raised him several notches in my estimation.

In the first company I worked for the owner/president drove a Lincoln. The
rumor was the VP would have dearly loved a Cadillac but carefully stayed
one step downscale.

At a start up the president drove a Camaro. The first few years were lean
but when we finally started making money he bought a Cadillac Cimmarron,
which was their attempt to compete with the more compact European luxury
sedans. It had problems but the final straw was when his secretary bought
a Pontiac. It was pretty much the same J-body car GM used throughout its
product line.

Next up was a Mercedes, I forget which flavor. Keeping with the times it
was a diesel. For someone used to a Camaro the snail like acceleration
didn't cut it. He wasn't happy and when his son tried to fill it up with
gasoline that was it for the Merc.

Finally he bought a Lincoln Town Car. In his words, 'If I'm going to be
nigger rich I'm going to do it right!' That one was a keeper.

The owner of the company I currently work for drives some sort of
nondescript older Toyota SUV with rear quarter panel damage patched
together by the maintenance guy with duct tape.