Talk:Popcom

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:09, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that the external models of the Popcom modem have no status lights, instead providing feedback to the user through touch tones? Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=eC4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57
  • ALT1: ... that one tech journalist felt that the wall-plugged version of the Popcom modem was liable to slip out of some wall sockets due to its heft? Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=C6JUZUHEBuAC&pg=PA194
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Simon N. Groot

Created by DigitalIceAge (talk). Self-nominated at 06:50, 18 November 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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QPQ: - Not done
Overall: All points check out, apart from the QPQ, ready to go when that is done. Moonraker (talk) 06:14, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

• Thank you very much for reviewing the article, @Moonraker:! QPQ now complete. DigitalIceAge (talk) 14:14, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Chocks away. Moonraker (talk) 14:22, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Logo?

Found a logo here that could be vectorized, but not sure if the original logo included color: https://uspto.report/TM/73472781

Sadly the series predates the web so there is probably no Wayback Machine page with info, we'd need a scanned manual. PhotographyEdits (talk) 08:22, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

In print advertisements, the logo had a bubblegum/mauve coloration to it. For the purposes of readability though, I would leave it black. DigitalIceAge (talk) 21:53, 10 June 2024 (UTC)