-----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