Computer Cartoon: "It's never done that before."


Excerpt from the book, "It's Never Done That Before: A Guide to Troubleshooting Windows XP (2006)":

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This book was inspired by the cover of a Datamation magazine that appeared about 20 years ago. It shows a man in an office with what used to be a desktop computer on the table in front of him. The poor guy has his hands poised over the keyboard, but the rest of the machine is in tiny pieces all over the room. His eyebrows have been burned off, his hair is blown straight back, and his coffee cup has tipped over. There's a huge cloud of black smoke over his head. It is obvious that the computer has exploded about five seconds earlier.

He's thinking, "It's never done that before...."

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This book was inspired by the cover of a Datamation magazine that appeared about 20 years ago. It shows a man in an office with what used to be a desktop computer on the table in front of him. The poor guy has his hands poised over the keyboard, but the rest of the machine is in tiny pieces all over the room. His eyebrows have been burned off, his hair is blown straight back, and his coffee cup has tipped over. There's a huge cloud of black smoke over his head. It is obvious that the computer has exploded about five seconds earlier. He's thinking, "It's never done that before...." From the book "It's Never Done That Before: A Guide to Troubleshooting Windows XP (2006); from the introduction It's never done that before, computer cartoon, comic, computer, exploded, man, sitting, black, smoke, pieces, 1985, 1980s, 1980's, 80s, 80's, Datamation, It hasn't done that before, It has never done that before.