ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 1995 LIMA NEWSLETTER
 
      THE ORIGIN OF THE GENEVE COMPUTER'S NAME  
           
          The clamshell containing the Myarc's computer-on-a-card says
     "Myarc 9640 Family Computer".  The box calls it "Geneve".  What is the
     origin of these names?  No, it has nothing to do with any computer
     chip.  There is no such thing as a 9640 chip.  The answer is in an
     article by Dave Wakely published in the August 30 1986 issue of
     Chciago Times, newsletter of the Chicago User Group.  This is the
     first published account of anybody actually seeing a working Myarc
     computer.  The report is from the June 1986 chicago Consumer
     Electronics Show. 
           
          "(Myarc owner Lou) Phillips stated that Texas Instruments asked
     him not to use "9900" in the name, but he retained the "9" and added
     the "640" because that is the amount of RAM which comes with the
     machine." 
           
          "With Phillips behind the table was Joyhn Keown, author of Module
     Emulator, who is now doing extensive work with Myarc.  ...... I
     inquired about the origin of the name.  Keown jumped in and stated
     that it was his idea.  It seems that a few days before the CES, while
     they were working together, Keowin told Phillips that he felt there
     should be a name for the new machine instead of just a number, "the
     9640".  As they were heading down the staircase from Phillips' office
     there was a framed print on the wall.  The name at the bottom was
     "Geneve", and when Keown suggested this, Phillips agreed to it." 
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