[inforoots] Internet April Fools Jokes

[Michael Hart]

I have two stories of this nature, not intentionally done,
and will relay them on request. . .one is about motherboard jumpers,
the other about serial/parallel card jumpers. . .both crossing the
boundaries between hardware/software.



Thanks!!!


Give the world eBooks in 2007!!!

Michael S. Hart
Founder
Project Gutenberg

Blog at http://hart.pglaf.org



On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Roy Mize wrote:

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> Speaking as a non-techie who was supporting advanced techies at this time, 
> You guys were mean.
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> My best one wasn't an April Fools joke.  In the late 1950s I taught analog 
> computer maintenance on Nike Ajax/Hercules AT&T built computers.  One of the 
> devices had many contacts.  I inserted a thin clear plastic tab between the 
> contacts and then had the students troubleshoot the system.  Even when they 
> narrowed the malfunction to the appropriate device, it was still a puzzle. 
> Nothing seemed to be wrong.
>
> Roy
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