16 Nov
1998
16 Nov
'98
6:36 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 17 November 1998 14:45
Subject: Re: Newbie's got a dead 386
Or, of course, 'Failed UniBus Address Register'
:-)
LOL. I'd forgotten about that, I read about it somewhere, and was amazed it
got past the marketdroids at digital.
I'm not sure if I own a Unibus system. Were 8530's Unibus and BI?
There's also SNAFU (Situation Normal, All Fouled
Up).
I've usually heard it expressed with a less polite f-word.
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Marks College
Port Pirie South Australia.
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