Talk:Smoke Signal Broadcasting

A fact from Smoke Signal Broadcasting appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Smoke Signal Broadcasting encased their Chieftain microcomputer in faux leather?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 07:27, 25 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

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... that Smoke Signal Broadcasting encased their Chieftain microcomputer in faux leather? Source: "They both ran DOS-68, Smoke Signal's disk operating system, and came standard with 32K of memory (expandable to 64K), a 9-slot motherboard, and a cabinet finished in leather-grain, which (I guess) was in keeping with their Native American motif and logo" (von Hagen 1994, p. 26).
- ALT1:... that in one year, Smoke Signal Broadcasting pivoted from broadcast consulting to computer peripheral manufacturing? Source: "Smoke Signal itself started in a different field—as a broadcasting consulting business of its founder. The firm later turned to manufacturing computer memory boards and disk controllers" (Segal 1982c, p. 44).

Created by DigitalIceAge (talk). Self-nominated at 21:55, 15 September 2021 (UTC).Reply

Not what I expected when I saw the article title, that is for sure! (With more than 200 DYKs on US broadcasting stations, I am qualified to say that!) New enough and long enough. QPQ not needed; no prior credits. Both hooks check out to sources. Has all the citations it needs. I added a short description, caught an sfn targeting error induced by a typo, and made a few grammar adjustments, but it looks good. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:56, 20 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

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