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From: page@ulowell.UUCP (Bob Page)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: DEC error messages (was foo?)
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Date: Fri, 26-Dec-86 10:56:48 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 26 10:56:48 1986
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Reply-To: page@ulowell.UUCP (Bob Page)
Organization: University of Lowell
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>DEC do have a sense of humour with their error messages though -
>anyone else remember the RSX-11M error IE.NFW? The error message
>manual gave it as 'Path lost to partner'.

DEC's OS/8 had three ways to invoke TECO - they were TECO, MAKE and
MUNG.  If that in itself was not funny, if you ever typed:
	MAKE LOVE
You would get the response:
	Not war?
and TECO would then fire up as usual.

Alas - I can find nothing funny about VMS.  DEC goes corporate.

..Bob
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Bob Page,  U of Lowell CS Dept.      ulowell!page,  page@ulowell.CSNET