16 Nov
1998
16 Nov
'98
1:54 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake(a)bigfoot.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 17 November 1998 9:05
Subject: Re: Newbie's got a dead 386
I used it all the time in the AF, when we had a bad
unit we'd mark it FNG,
otherwise known as F***ing No Good.
Minor locational variations, in Oz it tends to be NFG (No F***ing Good) or
NBG (No Bloody Good) or just FUBAR (F***ed Up.......
a) Beyond Any Repair
b) Beyond All Recognition
c) By A Recruit
d) By A Repairman
e) By ARmy (of RAAF comms gear that was returned u/s after
being reluctantly "loaned" to the Army)
and numerous other variations......:^)
or just plain STUFFED. (not an acronym, AFAIK):^)
> CNTL-ALT-ESC and CNTL-ALT-F10 are two popular
non-DEL bits. You can't
> do those at power-up. Boot from a floppy and start whacking keys at the
> DOS prompt.
Have noted CTRL-ALT-S on some machines.
Cheers
Geoff
Computer Room Internet Cafe
Port Pirie
South Australia.
netcafe(a)pirie.mtx.net.au
16 Nov
16 Nov
10:18 a.m.
Computer Room Internet Cafe wrote:
We've written it both ways and understood it but the normal was AFU which is
self explanatory.
Mostly Phoenix BIOSes, and usually after it's at rest such as booted and at the
prompt or waiting. It won't usually work while the machine is busy or hung
trying to init a hard drive.
G'day
I used it all
the time in the AF, when we had a bad unit we'd mark it FNG,
otherwise known as F***ing No Good.
Minor locational variations, in Oz it tends to be NFG (No F***ing Good) or
NBG (No Bloody Good) or just FUBAR (F***ed Up.......
a) Beyond Any Repair
b) Beyond All Recognition
c) By A Recruit
d) By A Repairman
e) By ARmy (of RAAF comms gear that was returned u/s after
being reluctantly "loaned" to the Army)
and numerous other variations......:^)
or just plain STUFFED. (not an acronym, AFAIK):^) >
CNTL-ALT-ESC and CNTL-ALT-F10 are two popular non-DEL bits. You can't
> do those at power-up. Boot from a floppy and start whacking keys at the
> DOS prompt.
Have noted CTRL-ALT-S on some machines. 
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8:01 p.m.
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
Or, of course, 'Failed UniBus Address
Register' :-)
There's also SNAFU (Situation Normal, All Fouled Up).
For really messed up situations, I propose SNAFUBAR...
Situation Normal: All Farqued Up Beyond All Recognition.
That would make a good name for a chocolate bar:
"SNAFUBAR! The tasty chocolate snack for network administrators for when
the network REALLY goes down!"
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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