# Apple 380 GS **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [August 10, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-380-gs/505948 "2009-08-10T18:08:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-380-gs/505948/1 "2009-08-10T18:08:07Z")
In the current classic Straight Dope article about [if all the people in china jumped off their chairs at once](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/142/if-all-chinese-jumped-at-once-would-cataclysm-result), Cecil mentions having access to the world’s data banks with his Apple 380S GT. I’ve never heard of such a model. The closest thing I could find that might exist back when the article was written in 1984 was the [Apple II GS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIGS) (note GS, not GT, and even that’s from 1986), but Googling I couldn’t find anything matching the exact model number except the Straight Dope article itself. Anybody know what kind of computer Cecil had? ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-380-gs/505948/2 "2009-08-10T22:26:07Z")
Cecil’s current computer model cannot be revealed for national security reasons, but we’ll tell you this: if he ever drops coffee in the keyboard again, Japan’s weather forecasting ability is going to be seriously impaired. (If this signifies nothing, try adding “teraflop” as a search term.) As for the Apple 380S GT, there is no such model. We assumed, evidently incorrectly, that readers would realize the Master was lampooning Apple’s then-practice of giving derivative versions of its products car-like designations by appending a bunch of actual car designations. GT of course stands for Gran Turismo, and Mercedes used to make a 380SL model. Cecil ditched the L just to be random. He doesn’t have robed acolytes holding candles, either. -Ed ---
**Author:** ![waynemcdougall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b77776/32.png) [@waynemcdougall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waynemcdougall)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-380-gs/505948/3 "2009-08-11T00:29:16Z")
They carry lamps. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-380-gs/505948/4 "2009-08-11T01:37:12Z")
> [@waynemcdougall](#): > > They carry lamps. Powered by Tesla coils. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![qazwart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/5fc32e/32.png) [@qazwart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qazwart)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-380-gs/505948/5 "2009-08-11T04:01:21Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > Cecil’s current computer model cannot be revealed for national security reasons, but we’ll tell you this: if he ever drops coffee in the keyboard again, Japan’s weather forecasting ability is going to be seriously impaired. (If this signifies nothing, try adding “teraflop” as a search term.) Actually, if I understand correctly, Cecil doesn’t use his computer to find information. Instead, the computer uses Cecil to find information. ---
**Author:** ![Powers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Powers)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-380-gs/505948/6 "2009-08-12T01:33:33Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > We assumed, evidently incorrectly, that readers would realize the Master was lampooning Apple’s then-practice of giving derivative versions of its products car-like designations by appending a bunch of actual car designations. To be fair, 25-year-old humor doesn’t always translate well. Powers &8^]