[TriLUG] Memories, or something

[Peter Neilson via TriLUG]

Of course, of course, and it's covered in the Jargon File stuff we all  
have seen and some of us may have written. Wikipedia says that something  
like that goes back at least to 1955 at IBM.

For an especially beautiful version, see the German Wikipedia entry:  
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights_(Jargon)

On Fri, 09 Nov 2018 11:07:45 -0500, Pete Soper via TriLUG  
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> When the AOS project (second generation disk operating system) launched
> at Data General in the mid 70s in Massachusetts I first saw this on a
> sign hung over the front of a rack of Eclipses.
>
> -Pete
>
> On 11/9/18 10:57 AM, Brian McCullough via TriLUG wrote:
>> For a while now, at least a week, I have been remembering a sign that
>> some of us may remember from the dawn of time ( or at least the earlier
>> days of computers ).
>>
>>
>> Here is one variation:
>>
>> : ACHTUNG!
>> ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!
>> DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FUR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN!
>> ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND
>> POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKEN.
>> IST NICHT FUR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN
>> KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HANDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
>> ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.
>>
>>
>>
>> Have Fun!
>>
>> Brian