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| From | SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” |
| References | (2 earlier) <113cjip$2jac5$1@dont-email.me> <113f851$3chk9$2@dont-email.me> <113uu9m$753$1@reader1.panix.com> <ZY3dS.3712$X0O7.751@fx35.iad> <11536ua$8k56$1@dont-email.me> |
| Date | 2026-08-07 00:53 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <1786063996-14325@newsgrouper.org> (permalink) |
| Organization | spallshurgenson@gmail.com |
Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= <ldo@nz.invalid> posted:
> On Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:00:24 -0400, Bud Frede wrote:
>
> > That seemed to be the popular impression of computers for many
> > people. Lots and lots of blinking lights.
>
> Don’t forget lots of spinning reel-tape drives!
>
> This continued right into the 1980s, about a decade or so after most
> backing store (on big computers) had already moved from tapes to
> disks, with tapes used primarily for backup.
"I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands
of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking, beeping
and flashing - they're flashing and they're beeping. I can't \
stand it anymore! They're blinking and beeping and flashing!
Why doesn't somebody pull the plug?"
I never had a true blinkenlight machine to take care of, but that's okay;
the flickering diodes on the modern routers and rack-servers were good enough
for me. I even put up a blinkenlight warning sign... until the C-levels made
me take it down after a few months for some reason that was never entirely
clear to me (I suspect a terminal lack of humor).
"Achtung! Alles Lookenspeepers!
Das computermaschine ist nicht für gefingerpoken und
mittengrabben. Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen
und poppencorken mit spitzensparken. Ist nicht für gewerken bei
das dummkopfen. Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen das
cottenpickenen hans in das pockets muss; relaxen und watchen
das blinkenlichten."
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Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-16 04:37 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ?90s Computer Seen In ?Jurassic Park? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-07-16 21:19 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ?90s Computer Seen In ?Jurassic Park? Jan van den Broek <balglaas@dds.nl> - 2026-07-17 06:54 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ?90s Computer Seen In ?Jurassic Park? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-07-18 06:27 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-18 06:57 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2026-07-24 05:47 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2026-08-06 14:00 -0400
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-08-06 18:22 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-06 23:55 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-08-07 00:53 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s =?UTF "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-afx-this> - 2026-08-07 08:51 -0700
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-07 19:16 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-07 21:44 +0000
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> - 2026-08-12 09:03 +0200
Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park” Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-08-07 11:17 -0400
Modern blinkenlights: (was: Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park”) Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-20 14:12 +0800
Re: Modern blinkenlights: (was: Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park”) John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-20 07:53 -0700
Re: Modern blinkenlights: Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-08-20 09:30 -0700
Re: Modern blinkenlights: Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-20 18:04 +0000
Re: Modern blinkenlights: scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-08-20 18:24 +0000
Re: Modern blinkenlights: Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-21 00:36 +0800
Re: Modern blinkenlights: (was: Re: Engineer Identifies & Explains Every ’90s Computer Seen In “Jurassic Park”) SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-08-20 16:41 +0000
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