Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!fortune!norskog From: norskog@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Bye bye..... - (nf) Message-ID: <2608@fortune.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 19:16:00 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.2608 Posted: Wed Feb 22 19:16:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Feb-84 06:16:01 EST Sender: notes@fortune.UUCP Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 30 #R:qubix:-86600:fortune:5400081:000:819 fortune!norskog Feb 22 15:47:00 1984 Ahhh, yes, the USCS Computer Center. These were the people who put all the terminals on campus on a MICOM port-finder (quickly dubbed a port-loser). The prompt from the MICOM was "WHAT COMPUTER? ". That's it, just "WHAT COMPUTER? ". No helpful message telling you the code names involved. You just had to know. After a while, some literate person changed it to "WHICH COMPUTER? ". Still no helpful message. Eventually, they expanded the range of codes (I don't remember why). To inform you of this change, the prompt was changed to, "WHICH COMPUTER (USE NEW CODES)? " Needless to say, the new codes were not listed. You just had to find them out yourself. Lance C. Norskog Fortune Systems, 101 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, CA {cbosgd,hpda,harpo,sri-unix,amd70,decvax!ihnp4,allegra}!fortune!norskog