20 Sep
2000
20 Sep
'00
9:19 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Merchberger" <zmerch(a)30below.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 2:15 AM
Subject: CoCoFEST & Re: NYT on the Theft of Altair BASIC
in the US Army - up their 3rd point of contact, just
before a Size 9 Kiwi
Enema (the name taken for the type of boot polish used in the Military,
not
the NZ fruit... ;-)
Well I'll be darned. Kiwi Black Parade Gloss is used by the US Army.
(and I thought it was a purely ANZAC tradition)
.....and I hate windoze too, the only thing I've seen good in it in recent
times is the internet connection
sharing, which seems to work very well with anything that speaks
ethernet/TCP/IP, including Vaxen, old macs etc.
I thought Micro$oft had actually done something noteworthy til I found out
it was someone else's product, that they simply bought outright and
integrated into Win98SE. Shoulda known......
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Mark's College
Port Pirie,
South Australia
geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
AKA
Flying Officer (AIRTC) Geoff Roberts
Officer Commanding,
No. 14 (City of Port Pirie) Flight,
S.A. Squadron, Air Training Corps.