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From: ben@catnip.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: Computer Horror Stories (really O/S humor)
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Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 22:09:47 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  6 22:09:47 1986
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In article <875@spp2.UUCP>, stassen@spp2.UUCP (Chris Stassen) writes:
> 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

Back when I was an undergrad at Oberlin College, I had the pleasure
of working as an operator on their Xerox Sigma 9.   The best part of
the job was bringing down the machine.  The console displayed
"Thhhhhhats all Folks!!!", while the processor treated you to a rendition
of the Star Spangled Banner on the CPU alarm.

-- 

Ben Broder
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