Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!rex!uflorida!ukma!sean From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: Okay, I give up. What is the real story? Message-ID: <16367@s.ms.uky.edu> Date: 14 Nov 90 20:25:43 GMT References: <1990Nov11.000443.28487@cs.ucla.edu> Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY Lines: 11 kirkaas@makaha.cs.ucla.edu (paul kirkaas) writes: |What the heck is the history behind "xyzzy" ???? I've seen so many |references to it here I feel like I'm missing a vital piece of |historic computer lore. Sigh. I'm getting old. -- *** Sean Casey *** ``HaaAhh Huhhhhhh!'' -James Brown (quote corrected by oz@nexus.yorku.ca)