Newbie's got a dead 386

From: Riuss Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Mon Nov 16 15:18:27 1998

Computer Room Internet Cafe wrote:

> >I used it all the time in the AF, when we had a bad unit we'd mark it FNG,
> >otherwise known as F***ing No Good.
>
> Minor locational variations, in Oz it tends to be NFG (No F***ing Good) or
> NBG (No Bloody Good) or just FUBAR (F***ed Up.......
> a) Beyond Any Repair
> b) Beyond All Recognition
> c) By A Recruit
> d) By A Repairman
> e) By ARmy (of RAAF comms gear that was returned u/s after
> being reluctantly "loaned" to the Army)
>
> and numerous other variations......:^)
> or just plain STUFFED. (not an acronym, AFAIK):^)

We've written it both ways and understood it but the normal was AFU which is
self explanatory.

> >> CNTL-ALT-ESC and CNTL-ALT-F10 are two popular non-DEL bits. You can't
> >> do those at power-up. Boot from a floppy and start whacking keys at the
> >> DOS prompt.
>
> Have noted CTRL-ALT-S on some machines.

Mostly Phoenix BIOSes, and usually after it's at rest such as booted and at the
prompt or waiting. It won't usually work while the machine is busy or hung
trying to init a hard drive.

G'day
Received on Mon Nov 16 1998 - 15:18:27 GMT