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From: jgpo@iwu1c.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Prompts and other shenanigans
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Date: Mon, 29-Aug-83 12:58:18 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 29 12:58:18 1983
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Since I have accounts on at least eight machines, my prompt is the
current machine name.  Not very original, but useful.

There used to be a blind programmer in my department, who had a
Votrax unit attached to his terminal.  Every once in a while, one
of us would sneak into his office (he invariably left his terminal
logged on whenever he left the office) and change his prompt to
something like "shoobeedoowah" or "^Gdong," which the Votrax would
pronounce as "ding dong."  It was quite an experience listening to
his terminal uttering our chosen phrases in its vaguely Russian accent.


	Three quarks for muster Mark,
	    John (help me, I'm slipping) Opalko