These darned old computers

From: Ross Archer <archer_at_topnow.com>
Date: Wed Aug 28 12:52:00 2002

Bob Shannon wrote:
>
> Strange,
>
> I've got a cat who also loves HP manuals, and old HP
> hardware too. This cat loves to climb up on
> top of a 6-foot HP rack and dangle over the top edge,
> occationally batting at the LEDs on the
> front pannel of a HP2113 when it runs a 'Cylon'
> blinky-light idel loop.

It's the catnip they always used in their manuals and
plastic parts? ;)

>
> Tony Duell wrote:
>
> >> OK. But if you have a cat, watch out for the cat
> >> detector van from the
> >> Ministry of Ousing.
> >>
> > That's 'Ministry of Housinge' in the scripts....
> > And, FWIW, I have access to a cat. A neighbours cat who
> > loves HP stuff (I
> > kid you not, he will pick a pile of HP manuals to sleep
> > on if he gets the
> > chance). Cats are the only creatures who are allowed to
> > knock parts off
> > my workbench without getting flamed :-)
> > -tony
> >
Received on Wed Aug 28 2002 - 12:52:00 BST