Sickening Documentation

From: Geoffrey D. Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Fri Apr 2 19:29:22 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel_at_u.washington.edu>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, 3 April 1999 7:21
Subject: Re: Sickening Documentation


>Well, "decus" is a Latin word. (I forget what it means -- it's part of a
>motto, "decus et tutamen". One translation could be "an ornament and a
>safeguard", though I thought "an ARMAMENT and a shield" was the
translation.)
>So there's an angle that would encourage keeping the old name.

Compus is also latin. IIRC, it means "sound" in the the sense "non compus
mentus"
(literally, "not of sound mind")


Cheers

Geoff Roberts
Received on Fri Apr 02 1999 - 19:29:22 BST