Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site washu.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxi!houxm!ihnp4!mtplx1!washu!eric From: eric@washu.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Error Messages Message-ID: <166@washu.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Oct-83 23:01:39 EDT Article-I.D.: washu.166 Posted: Thu Oct 13 23:01:39 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Oct-83 22:22:10 EDT Organization: Washington U. CSL, St. Louis Lines: 13 The good ol' Classic Linc runs an operating system (of sorts) called LAP6. The Linc (Laboratory INstrument Computer) had all of 1Kx12bits of memory (who could want more?) and as a result was fairly terse concerning error messages. When you did something wrong (almost anything), it either stopped dead or displayed the following on the built-in screen: NO! -- eric ..!ihnp4!washu!eric