Re: Another secret message

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From: Doug Chan
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 07:26

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In article <15000@well.UUCP> mandel@well.UUCP (Tom Mandel) writes:
>The only secret message I ever discovered was in the FW.EXE file
>of Framework 1.0, the first release of Ashton-Tate's integrated
>software package for IBM-PCs and compatibles.  Stuck somewhere
>down in the middle of what was a 200K file of gibberish is the
>ASCII string:  "BEAT CAL".
>
Speaking of secret messages...
I stumbled across an interesting string on version 2.2 of Lotus 123's
123.exe file..."Error while decoding SMURF".  Gee, no one told me my
computer wanted to talk with little blue people!

-Doug
 apollo@bucsb

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From: apollo@bucsb.UUCP (Doug Chan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Another secret message
Message-ID: <162@bucsb.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 89 07:26:41 GMT
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