[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

chicken head n. commodore the commodore business machines logo, which
   strongly resembles a poultry part within commodore itself the logo was
   always called `chicken lips'. rendered in ascii as `c='. with the
   arguable exception of the amiga see amoeba, commodore's machines
   were notoriously crocky little bitty boxes see also petscii,
   albeit people have written multitasking unix-like operating systems with
   tcp/ip networking for them. thus, this usage may owe something to philip
   k. dick's novel "do androids dream of electric sheep?" the basis for
   the movie "blade runner"; the novel is now sold under that title, in
   which a `chickenhead' is a mutant with below-average intelligence.


see also:
amoeba bitty box petscii 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

chicken head
     
        the commodore business machines logo, which strongly
        resembles a poultry part.  rendered in ascii as "c=".  with
        the arguable exception of the amiga, commodore's computers
        are notoriously crocky little bitty boxes see also
        petscii.  thus, this usage may owe something to philip
        k. dick's novel "do androids dream of electric sheep?"  the
        basis for the movie "blade runner"; the novel is now sold
        under that title, in which a "chickenhead" is a mutant with
        below-average intelligence.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
commodore amiga bitty box petscii jargon file 

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