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From: stassen@spp2.UUCP (Chris Stassen)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: Computer Horror Stories (really idle processes)
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Date: Tue, 4-Mar-86 18:52:45 EST
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In article <6450@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>I was once told that the operating system for the Burroughs B1700, another
>computer well-supplied with lights, displayed a smile in its idle loop.
>				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology

	Some Honeywell computers make "bird calls" over a built-in speaker
when idle.  If the computer room sounds like a jungle, then you're
certain to get lots of CPU for your jobs.
						-- Chris