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Subject: Re: Re: lesser known computer languages
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Date: Thu, 11-Apr-85 22:15:50 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 11 22:15:50 1985
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> 
> 	At RPI ten years ago, we had an interperator called SCRUBOL.
> I don't recall what the letters stood for, but it was designed to annoy
> the operators of our IBM 360/50. The commands that I recall from it
> were
		.
		.
		.
> 	HCF - halt and catch fire. I don't really know what this did,
> 			but supposedly it worked.
> 	CM  - cookie monster. This would write cookie monster wants a
> 			cookie on the operators console. If the operator
> 			did not type cookie as his next input, the system
> 			would fall to its knees.
> 

*** MASSAGE THIS PLACE WITH YOUR LINE ***

The halt and catch fire is (supposedly) used on apple //'s hex op $12. It
was used to test the CPU, which would eventually get hot enough to melt.

The CM is a ^C/break-intercept that you pull on unsuspecting DEC-[12]0 users
which would say "I want a cookie", you type 'cookie'
		"I want a chocolate cookie", you type 'chocolate cookie'.
		"I want a chocolate chip cookie", etc.
If you ever mistype, (or perhaps take too long) it will start over from
the beginning.  The only way out is to type the whole d*mn thing.  Once
you do it, after about 10 commands it'll come back saying it's hungry again!



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Stefan "leach" Chakerian				CIS 74365,231
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