1GHz PDP-11 (Re: Prints for an 11/70)

From: Dan Wright <dtwright_at_uiuc.edu>
Date: Thu Dec 13 11:13:49 2001

The manual of the motherboard for the first PC I built had a statement to the
following effect on the second page:

"This manual has been carefully for errors to make sure correct."

Christopher Smith said:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave McGuire [mailto:mcguire_at_neurotica.com]
>
> > I am reminded of my favorite piece of broken english, found in a
> > Taiwanese PeeCee motherboard manual many years ago:
>
> > "If use 387 coprocessor, the clocked by CPU clock."
>
> > No, I made no typos there. :-)
>
> I haven't had so much (documented) cheap imported hardware, but my favorite
> is from a sound board:
>
> "We make 100% sure that this is caused by a M/B bios bug. Please to update
> the bios of the mainboard with the M/B manufacturer."
>
> I was also amused once to see somebody who didn't speak English very well
> (nor, it appears, know what SCSI stands for) mark some SCSI controllers with
> a sign that said "SCASI."
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
>
> Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
> Amdocs - Champaign, IL
>
> /usr/bin/perl -e '
> print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
> '
>
- Dan Wright
(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
(http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)

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