FUBAR (was Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?)

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From: Guy Harris
Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 00:00

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(Redirected to "alt.folklore.computers" - this isn't even UNIX-specific
at this point....)

Joel Coltoff <joel@wmi0.wmi.com> wrote:
>If you've ever used vaxen you know it really means
>
>    Failure of the UniBus Address Register  ;-)
>
>At least that's what would display on the console after a panic.

Not exactly, I think.

There was a register on the VAX-11/780 which, I think, held the address
of a failed Unibus reference; that was the Failed Unibus Address
Register, or FUBAR.  I'm sure whoever called it that and got it in the
manual was quite amused that he or she got it past Digital's censors.

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From: guy@netapp.com (Guy Harris)
Subject: FUBAR (was Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?)
Date: 1997/05/24
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