Re: Eudora Source Code Released

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From: pechter William Pechter
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 15:46

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In article <pe6v6...@news4.newsguy.com>,
Charlie Gibbs  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>On 2018-05-24, Gareth's Downstairs Computer
><headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On 24/05/2018 12:19, Huge wrote:
>> 
>>> (Is anyone gong to get upset about "FUBAR", unless spelled out in full?)
>>
>> FUCTI
>> FINO
>
>I always thought of it as a three-stage process:
>
>SNAFU - Situation Normal, All F*cked Up
>TADFU - Things Are Definitely F*cked Up
>FUBAR - F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition (or Repair)
>
>-- 
>/~\  cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs)
>\ /  I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way.
> X   Top-posted messages will probably be ignored.  See RFC1855.
>/ \  Fight low-contrast text in web pages!  http://contrastrebellion.com

I'm still surprised the VAX 11/780 had the Failed Unibus Address
Register when the PDP11 couldn't have a SEX instruction (replaced with
Sign ExTend (SXT)  -- the PDP11/34 still had the SEX Multiplexer on the
board.

Bill

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