From: garrett@Ingres.COM (It's not what you got, it's what you give)
Subject: Re: Help with XMS mailer on my Game-Boy?
Summary: The REAL challenge  
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Keywords: 
Organization: ASK Computer Systems, Ingres Product Division
Date: 10 Nov 92 04:51:19 GMT

In article <1992Nov4.234831.6942@prism.poly.edu>, szhu@prism.poly.edu (Shu Bin Zhu)                          writes...
>In article <1992Nov01.022158.11883@NeoSoft.com> peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>>In article <Bx03or.ME9@acsu.buffalo.edu> dudek@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Cybard=) writes:
>>> dlutz@willamette.edu (David Lutz) writes:
>>> >In article <1992Oct31.145009.13015@athena.mit.edu> dmsilev@athena.mit.edu (Daniel M Silevitch) writes:
>>> >>In article <BwysHL.ELu@access.digex.com>, brat@access.digex.com (Brat Wizard) writes:
>>> >>|> In article <1992Oct30.092529.28581@hellgate.utah.edu> galt%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu writes:
>>> >>|> >Michael Schmahl [Black-Robe Mage] writes:
>>> >>|> >>lairdpg@lub001.lamar.edu writes
>>> >>|> >>>22161-bunz writes:
>>> >>|> >>>>Brett G Person writes:
>>> >>|> >>>>>smith@ctron.com writes:
>>> >>|> >>>>>>IronEagle writes:
>>> >>|> >>>>>>>Matt Welsh writes:
>>> >>|> >>>>>>>>Right! I run System V on my VIC-20!
>>> >>|> >>>>>>>Hmmmm...well, I am getting SVR4 for my HP 48SX.....
>>> >>|> >>>>>>HA! _I'm_ just finishing up a port of VMS for my Timex Sinclair! Top THAT!
>>> >>|> >>>>>I'm running NextStep on Atari 2600 Video Game System. 
>>> >>|> >>>>Just last night I was able to get Windows to boot on my Sears PONG game.
>>> >>|> >>>I am replying to this message with my built-in VAX Mailer on my Game-Boy.   
>>> >>|> >>>I just installed a 10 Gigabyte Drive to handle all the replies!  However, it
>>> >>|> >>>only runs at 230,000 Baud due to the large drive slowing it down.
>>> >>|> >>I fear I will not be getting news any longer...  The batteries on my  
>>> >>|> >>calculator-watch are running out.
>>> >>|> >My calculator-watch is solar...  And if I turned off the lights, NO-ONE would
>>> >>|> >be getting news...
>>> >>|> feh. I'm so slick NASA just awarded ME the TERADATA contract to run on my
>>> >>|> TV remote! They liked my proposal mainly because I'm ALSO able to shoehorn
>>> >>|> in the TEXAS SUPERCOLLIDER computations between commercials!
>>> >>|> Beat THAT!
>>> >>Well, well well. SSC calculations, huh. I built a system out of 2 inches of wire,
>>> >>3 pennies and a AA battery that does realtime calculations of particle vectors
>>> >>during the Big Bang. A complete simulation of the first 2 years of the life of
>>> >>the universe, accuarate to the theoretical limit, takes about 5 seconds.
>>> >And you guys think you are so great.  I just spent the last half hour getting
>>> >X11 to run on slide rule.  I am still having problems connecting it to the net
>>> >around here, but I would welcome any suggestions.
>>> Such kid-stuff!  I've implemented virtual reality on an abacus!
>>Wimps. I'm running IBM's Virtual Universe Operating System on a piece of rusty
>>pipe. I/O is kind of slow, though, 'cos I have to bang on the end until the
>>magnetic domains line up the way I want them...
>Wow!!! You guys are good!!!  I could only hook up my home's machanical
>therostat to form an ATT's simulated switching system which controlls
>communication amoung the whole universe (except for Saturn).  They require
>me to pay for connection fees (and I'm not paying no #@%!! fees).
> 
Well if you guys think you are SSSOOOOO BAD! Then I have a real challenge
for you. Program my VCR without the missing manual.