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From: lefty@twg.com (David N. Schlesinger)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: LOA's
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Date: 13 Feb 90 19:52:53 GMT
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In article <1863@naucse.UUCP> rrw@naucse.UUCP (Robert Wier) writes:
>  Some of you graybeards in computing out there may remember that
>  programmer reference cards (those multi-folded brochure size
>  list of opcodes, interrupt locations, etc) were at one time called
>  LOAs or "Little Orphan Annies".

Gee, the one I used on the IBM 360 was called a "green brain"; green for 
the color of the cardstock it was printed on...

Not that this helps...

Best,

Lefty

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