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Re: Open Systems

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From: Richard Caley
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1991 16:13
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Direct from our secret agent in the Apple/IBM joint lawyer support
systems special task force, the specification of the new system:

	4K of 6 1/2 bit bytes of memory divided into 22 3/4 byte
	segments.

	A mouse with no buttons, since they just confuse the user,
	which you operate by shaking it using a different rythmn for each
	action you might want.

	A 2 cm screen displaying one character at a time in any of
	92 absolutly unreadable fonts. Each machine will have
	totally different screen driving hardware so every aplication
	must be custom desined for the lucky owner.

	An operating system written in 1807, on a bad afternoon, by
	a failed numerologist who once saw a preview copy of a JCL
	manual but doesn't remember any of it.

	A keyboard with 9,000 function keys, no vowels and 12 HCF
	buttons operated by telepathy if you think a word with an `r'
	in it.

	An extremely expensive logo consisting of 300,000 puce
	copyright notices arranged in the form of an extended middle
	finger.

	A free law suit with every manual.

Oh, almost forgot, it is going to be an open system.

	No fan, but a big hole in the top for ventilation surrounded by
	xray lazers, rigged to burn a summons into your retina if you
	try and look inside.

--
rjc@cstr.ed.ac.uk	Have you deep fried your PC today?
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