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From: schwartz@cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Lights on Burroughs machines
Message-ID: <C5n!6d1@cs.psu.edu>
Date: 20 Jan 90 08:12:45 GMT
References: <1990Jan15.173434.5792@virtech.uucp> <729@ncs.dnd.ca> <9082@ttidca.TTI.COM> <25b77c7a.2b35@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
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>	Can't remember what machine it was, but if it crashed...
>	the console would print:
>		P
>		   L
>		      O
>			 P.......
>	And then give the kernal debug prompt.

Back in the old days, when psuvax1 really was a vax, 
someone altered the kernel panic routine to print 
	"Take her down Scotty, she's sucking mud!"
on the console just before handling the crash.