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Article #4659Re: Worst error messages of all time.
From: black... Nathan Torkington
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 1990 23:01
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 1990 23:01
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I remember 10 years ago, when I was 7, using a CP/M machine and getting the famous "BDOS ERROR ON A:" message. This was an uninformative catch-all error message, covering everything from no disk in the drive, to an LP stuck in the drive. Nowadays, I use a PC, and can remember the amazement some people felt at the range of error messages, when first it was introduced. For the COMP courses at university, however, they make us use Macintoshes. The error message I see most often is "This is not a Macintosh disk ... do you want to initialize it?" And, you guessed it, this covers everything from no disk in the drive to someone sticking an LP in ... And they claim Macintoshes are an improvement! :) Nathan Torkington. -- #define <black...@st1.vuw.ac.nz> Nathan Torkington. #include <stdisclaim.h> #include <dorky_quote.h> #include <pretty_pic.h>
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!matai.vuw.ac.nz!st1.vuw.ac.nz!blackadder From: black...@st1.vuw.ac.nz (Nathan Torkington) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Worst error messages of all time. Keywords: Wibble Gibber Message-ID: <1990Sep27.110113.1863@st1.vuw.ac.nz> Date: 27 Sep 90 23:01:13 GMT References: <45094@apple.Apple.COM> <1990Sep25.145751.29512@cbnewsm.att.com> <1990Sep27.105248.1862@st1.vuw.ac.nz> Organization: Victoria University of Wellington Lines: 17 Posted: Fri Sep 28 00:01:13 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit