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| From | "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Lights on Burroughs machines |
| Date | 2016-03-11 16:29 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <nbvgll$183$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <1990Jan15.173434.5792@virtech.uucp> <729@ncs.dnd.ca> <1990Jan15.211417.17833@cs.rochester.edu> <0056fdea-825e-47cc-af67-a4488e1da575@googlegroups.com> <nbth2k016sq@news4.newsguy.com> |
"Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message news:nbth2k016sq@news4.newsguy.com... > > [snip...] [snip...] > [snip...] > >> And presumably that is the origin of XYZZY in Colossal Cave Adventure! > > I once came across a little executable called XYZZY. > Whenever you ran it, it said, "Nothing happens." > Should it say "Nothing happens here.", or is that what the program "Hello-Sailor" says??? -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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Re: Lights on Burroughs machines Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-03-10 15:26 -0800
Re: Lights on Burroughs machines Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-03-11 04:20 +0000
Re: Lights on Burroughs machines "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-03-11 16:29 -0600
Re: Lights on Burroughs machines tracymnelson@gmail.com - 2016-03-22 09:44 -0700
Re: Lights on Burroughs machines "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-03-23 14:26 -0500
Re: Lights on Burroughs machines scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-03-11 14:07 +0000
Re: Lights on Burroughs machines "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-03-11 16:25 -0600
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