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Article #4584Re: Worst error messages of all time.
From: Rev. Ben A. Mesander
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 1990 21:00
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 1990 21:00
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My nomination for worst error message of all time is in the BIOS for a DTK 286 clone that I once used. The PC was rather flaky, and occasionally when booted would display: "Segment Doesn't Found" If I was fixing it (again), and forgot to plug in the keyboard, I would get: "Keyboard Error. Press <F1> to continue" Neat trick, if you can do it. Oh, one more that it had: "FDC Error. User Check!" -- | ben@epmooch.UUCP (Ben Mesander) | "Cash is more important than | | ben%serv...@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu | your mother." - Al Shugart, | | !chinet!uokmax!servalan!epmooch!ben | CEO, Seagate Technologies |
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!ns-mx!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!uokmax!servalan!epmooch!ben From: ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Worst error messages of all time. Message-ID: <ben.2768@epmooch.UUCP> Date: 21 Sep 90 21:00:46 GMT References: <59656@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <1990Sep21.172807.25052@Solbourne.COM> <19352@ucsd.Edu> <1990Sep21.185104.20121@sctc.com> Lines: 21 Posted: Fri Sep 21 22:00:46 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit