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From: ajs@hpfcdc.HP.COM Sat Nov 10 14:40:39 1990 From: ajs@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Alan Silverstein) Subject: Re: “The Devouring Fungus” at a bookstore near you > …a collection of anecdotes and stories about computer technology and > the people who...

Me and My PDP11

From: lape@me.chalmers.se (Lars Persson) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Me and my PDP… (long) Message-ID: <ByM0CI.5EJ@news.chalmers.se> Date: 2 Dec 92 02:02:41 GMT Organization: Chalmers University of Technology Lines: 234 Way back in the old...

Old Iron at Home

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.sys.dec Path: spies!sgiblab!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!crash!ryptyde!scott From: scott@ryptyde.cts.com (Scott McClure) Subject: Old Iron at Home Stories (List) Organization: Ryptyde TimeSharing, San Diego, CA Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993...
Spaf’s Farewell Letter

Spaf’s Farewell Letter

From news.columbia.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!purdue!not-for-mail Fri Apr 30 11:27:16 EDT 1993 Article: 2350 of news.admin.misc Xref: news.columbia.edu news.announce.newusers:595 news.misc:5782 news.admin.misc:2350 news.groups:57071...

Unix Horror Stories

gopher://wiretap.area.com/00/Library/Techdoc/Lore/unixhorr%09%09%2B Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin From: axi0349@ultb.isc.rit.edu (A.X. Ivasyuk) Subject: The Unofficial Unix Administration Horror Stories Summary Message-ID: <1992Dec3.162444.14088@ultb.isc.rit.edu>...