I got this from one of my friends who works at my upstream ISP. This was
hilarious, I just had to share it!
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From: "Patrick J. Cofield" <outsider(a)ssi.net>
To: Jim Efaw <jimefaw(a)ssi.net>, daniel(a)ubani.umtec.com
Subject: AT&T (fwd)
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This is a work of genius.
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outsider(a)ssi.net (Patrick Cofield) Take it to the bridge.
srass(a)bigfoot.com
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[from Zeno, to a whole bunch of people]
I know my friend Pat, lover of tele-marketers, will get a kick out of this
one:
Me: Hello
AT&T: Hello, this is AT&T...
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T...
Me: This is AT&T?
AT&T: Yes This is AT&T...
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: YES! This is AT&T, may I speak to Mr. Robinson please?
Me: May I ask who is calling?
AT&T: This is AT&T.
Me: OK, hold on.
At this point I put the phone down for a solid 5 minutes thinking that,
surely, this person would have hung up the phone. I ate my salad. Much to
my surprise, when I picked up the receiver, they were still waiting.
Me: Hello?
AT&T: Is this Mr. Robinson?
Me: May I ask who is calling please?
AT&T: Yes this is AT&T...
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes this is AT&T...
Me: This is AT&T?
AT&T: Yes, is this Mr. Robinson?
Me: Yes, is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes sir.
Me: The phone company?
AT&T: Yes sir.
Me: I thought you said this was AT&T.
AT&T: Yes sir, we are a phone company.
Me: I already have a phone.
AT&T: We aren't selling phones today Mr. Robinson.
Me: Well whatever it is, I'm really not interested but thanks for calling.
When you are not interested in something, I don't think you can express
yourself any plainer than by saying "I'm really not interested", but this
lady was persistent.
AT&T: Mr. Robinson we would like to offer you 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Now, I am sure she meant she was offering a "rate" of 10 cents a minute but
she at no time used the word rate. I could clearly see that it was time to
whip out the trusty old calculator and do a little ciphering.
Me: Now, that's 10 cents a minute 24 hours a day?
AT&T: (getting a little excited at this point by my interest) Yes sir
that's right! 24 hours a day!
Me: 7 days a week?
AT&T: That's right.
Me: 365 days a year?
AT&T: Yes sir.
Me: I am definitely interested in that! Wow!!! That's amazing!
AT&T: We think so!
Me: That's quite a sum of money!
AT&T: Yes sir, it's amazing how it adds up.
Me: OK, so will you send me checks weekly, monthly or just one big one at
the end of the year for the full $52,560, and if you send an annual check,
can I get a cash advance?
AT&T: Excuse me?
Me: You know, the 10 cents a minute.
AT&T: What are you talking about?
Me: You said you'd give me 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, 365 days a year. That comes to $144 per day, $1,008 per week and
$52,560 per year. I'm just interested in knowing how you will be making
payment.
AT&T: Oh no sir I didn't mean we'd be paying you. You pay us 10 cents a
minute.
Me: Wait a minute here!!! Didn't you say you'd give me 10 cents a minute.
Are you sure this is AT&T?
AT&T: Well, yes this is AT&T sir but......
Me: But nothing, how do you figure that by saying that you'll give me 10
cents a minute that I'll give you 10 cents a minute? Is this some kind of
subliminal telemarketing scheme? I've read about things like this in the
Enquirer you know. Don't use your alien brainwashing techniques on me.
AT&T: No sir we are offering 10 cents a minute for.....
Me: THERE YOU GO AGAIN! Can I speak to a supervisor please!
AT&T: Sir I don't think that is necessary.
Me: Sure! You say that now! What happens later?
AT&T: What?
Me: I insist on speaking to a supervisor!
AT&T: Yes Mr. Robinson. Please hold.
So now AT&T has me on hold and my supper is getting cold. I begin to eat
while I'm waiting for a supervisor. After a wait of a few minutes and
while I have a mouth full of food:
Supervisor: Mr. Robinson?
Me: Yeth?
Supervisor: I understand you are not quite understanding our 10 cents a
minute program.
Me: Id thish Ath Teeth & Teeth?
Supervisor: Yes sir, it sure is.
I had to swallow before I choked on my food. It was all I could do to
suppress my laughter and I had to be careful not to produce a snort.
Me: No, actually I was just waiting for someone to get back to me so that I
could sign up for the plan.
Supervisor: OK, no problem, I'll transfer you back to the person who was
helping you.
Me: Thank you.
I was on hold once again and managed a few more mouthfuls. I needed to end
this conversation. Suddenly, there was an aggravated but polite voice at
the other end of the phone.
AT&T: Hello Mr. Robinson, I understand that you are interested in signing
up for our plan?
Me: Do you have that friends and family thing because you can never have
enough friends and I'm an only child and I'd really like to have a little
brother...
AT&T: (click)
I am,
-Zeno.
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Zeno K. Gamble
Personal Security to the Secretary of Defense
The Pentagon, 3E877, (703)692-7140
-----------------------------------------------
On 16 Nov 98 at 5:56, Eric Smith wrote:
> The Apple ][ card for the Macintosh LC might be able to connect to a
> real Disk ][; I've never had an LC (with or without the Apple ][ card),
> so I couldn't tell you.
I've never seen one of these in the UK but I understand that the LC
family card will take one of the 19 pin Apple 5.25" drives.
> And as non-Apple floppy drives for the Mac go, there was the DaynFile, which
> was a nice two-drive box with a SCSI interface. It could be configured with
> a mix of 360K, 1.2M, and 1.44M PC-format disks.
Ugh. These were incredibly expensive and each mechanism would
only read one particular disk format. I recall transferring data
>from 360K floppy to 1.2M floppy on a PC before putting it on the
Mac -- annoying for one disk but extremely tedious after a while. Like
all Dayna products, they never properly supported it and nowadays
deny all knowledge.
Phil
**************************************************************
Phil Beesley -- Computer Officer -- Distributed Systems Suppport
University of Leicester
Tel (0)116 252-2231
E-Mail pb14(a)le.ac.uk
< >i was talking to my manager who is just about ready to give me a comple
< >working trs80 model 1 with ALL accessories. he also said he used someth
< >called a stringy floppy with it which used a loop of string/wire to sa
< The "Exatron Stringy Floppy" was a tape loop cartridge that had a basic
< 'structured' file system on it so (with the proper software) it could b
< treated similar to a disk device, altho serial in nature. Don't remembe
< the capacity right off, but it was not a lot.
Around 100k. It was faster than audio cassette but clower than floppy.
It's search speed was terrible.
I did a design before it came out using a 8track cart for a platform.
It's problems were using the short loops I made it would take 180 seconds
to search for the previous block and the reliability of the tape was poor
with oxide flaking (even using the best mylar tapes). While I was able
to make it work I abandoned it within weeks of building it for a DC300
cartridge and my own drive. Based on my experiences with looped tapes
and carts when I saw the Exxatron I regarded it as unlikely contender.
It didn't last long.
It is very collectable as likely few survived.
Allison
>Oh, of course Eric! I just didn't want anyone going to the fuss of copying
>a whole handbook. What is it, about 150-200 pages in rather small format?
>I'm not really that picky, just considering the work a person would go
>through to make a xerographic copy.
>
>An extra original could turn up somewhere. Never give up! :)
>
One spare just did.
Dan Burrows
dburrows(a)netpath.net
It's me again,
To help fill-in my technical library for the equipment I have, I would like
to buy good copies or originals of DEC documents for the the following
hardware:
** PDP-11/34A System User's Manual. I have an earlier 11/34 System User's
Manual (# EK-11034-UG-001) which has some 11/34A stuff in it but evidently
not up-to-date with the 34A processor I've got. There should be an updated
one later than the EK-number above which is closer to my system.
** KD11-EA Processor Manual (for 11/34A). Document number: EK-KD1EA-MM or
later.
** RA60 drive printset. I have to fix one that won't spinup.
** RA60 technical manual. For same reason....
** VAX 11/730 - Technical or operating manuals, printsets, ANYTHING AT
ALL!! I have nothing. Tony Duell needs those documents too for his machine.
** MicroVAX II (model KA630QY-A2) user's manual and a technical manual or
anything else for that matter.
** Emulex TC02 manual and any tech manuals.
** PDP-11/04/34/etc. Processor Handbook. Part number EB-09340 or later
(for 11/34A processors). Should be an original and not a copy of course ;)
That's all for now. I still need others but these are more important.
Thanks for the help!
Regards, Chris
-- --
Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA cfandt(a)netsync.net
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL: http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/
i was talking to my manager who is just about ready to give me a complete and
working trs80 model 1 with ALL accessories. he also said he used something
called a stringy floppy with it which used a loop of string/wire to save data
with not quite the speed of floppies but certainly faster than cassette. has
anyone seen these or can explain how they work? he said there were carts that
were put into the drive so it seems to be a removeable media device? can
anyone explain further?
david
Hi folks,
Recently I posted that my MicroPDP-11 is up and running. A question I had
still is not answered and I was hoping somebody here could help.
The machine has a Syquest cartridge drive. It is a model SQ 312RD.
I tried searching the web for info on this model but could only find a
reference to it having 2 heads and 615 cylinders. This figures to
10,705,920 bytes capacity assuming 17 sectors per cyl and 512 bytes per
sector? 10 mb cartridge size then, correct?
I have no other info on Syquest except they are now dead (their websites
still turn up in search engines but there's no response.) Anybody fill me
in on the specs, etc?
Cartridges available for the SQ 312RD????
Any other tape/cartridge drive available you recommend I should replace
this with? I have an Emulex TC02 controller in this box. Don't even know if
the Emulex board works as there's no cartridge to try the Syquest with.
Is there a Pertec-formatted tape drive which can hang off the Emulex which
is half-height, 5.25" form (to replace the Syquest)? This is ideal since I
can keep the 5.25" floppy drive.
What if I find an external-mounted TK50 drive and TQK50-AA (M7546)
controller and fit it into this system? Is this workable?
Will RSX-11M+ ver. 3.0 handle a TK50??
Software drivers??
I have no other way to back the system up at this time (floppies are
probably out of the question because of quantity needed and huge PITA-factor)
Thanks for the help!
Regards, Chris
-- --
Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA cfandt(a)netsync.net
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL: http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/
Thanks. I need the right arrow, please.
Thanks
Manney
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Strickland <jim(a)calico.litterbox.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: Wanted -- Apple IIGS keys
>Yeah, it would. I have my old GS keyboard that's suspiciously dead (I
think it
>was christened by the cat) if all you need is keycaps.
>--
>Jim Strickland
>jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Vote Meadocrat! Bill and Opus in 2000 - Who ELSE is there?
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
At Mon, 09 Nov 1998 17:49:20 -0800, you said to CLASSICCMP(a)u.washington.edu
ky>I'm back, finally! I have the new domain up. If you can spare a
ky>minute to have a look at my new web site and drop me a note wit
ky>'The Traveling Technoid' still exists... it's been relocated to a
ky>link off the main page for Blue Feather Technologies
Hi,
Nice site, lots of great links too. One problem though. I tried to
access your RQDX3 documentation but got a 404 not found error. The
links to this doc still point to the old site, which seems to be
empty. Will you reload the RQDX info? Many thanks in advance.
Kees
--
Kees Stravers - Geldrop, The Netherlands - pb0aia(a)iae.nl
Sysadmin and DEC PDP/VAX preservationist - Visit VAXarchive!
http://vaxarchive.ml.org (primary) - http://www.sevensages.org/vax/ (mirror)
Net-Tamer V 1.08.1 - Registered
On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:30:09 -0800 (PST) Sam Ismail
<dastar(a)ncal.verio.com> writes:
>On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:
>
>> Then I spot a little tab toward the top of the case. "Top Cover
>Latch"
>> Aha! Here's what we're after! So, I unlatch it, and pull the lid
>off.
>> *CLICK!* Whirrrrrrrrr.... *silence*
>>
>> Seems there's a power interlock in the top cover!
>>
>> Oops.
>
>Live and learn my young friend. Live and learn.
I always jumper or otherwise disable those %&$@# things--
they always cause more problems than they solve.
Jeff
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