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From: pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: xphoon and the lunar eclipse; disappointment
Message-ID: <13191@well.UUCP>
Date: 17 Aug 89 20:09:57 GMT
References: <2488@ics.COM>
Reply-To: Jef Poskanzer 
Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal
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In the referenced message, david@ics.COM (David B. Lewis) wrote:
}                                        But the big moment came and 
}went, and xphoon didn't so much as blink. We even had our time zone set
}correctly.
}Diffs to phase.c to follow. (?)

You just weren't running it on the right system.  On the WELL, where quite
a few people run phoon (the ASCII predecessor of xphoon), something fairly
unusual happened during the eclipse.

Anyway, what were you doing indoors?
---
Jef

    Jef Poskanzer  pokey@well.sf.ca.us  {ucbvax, apple, hplabs}!well!pokey
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