OT Re: Naming Computers (strategy, and WHY)

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Sat Oct 26 21:56:08 2002

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:

> > I had some VMS systems that I named SKITZO, PSYCHO, and PHLEGM.
> > I was limited to six characters for the name due to DECnet. I
> > was going for odd names. I was going to name the next one
> > SMEGMA, but the order was cancelled.
>
> I guess it would've been worse if you'd gotten to JISM.

I used to have a machine called upchuck. It was originally called chuck,
but then the motherboard started getting flaky, so I renamed it. It ran
like that for almost two years before it died. It was an RS/6000 320E.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Sat Oct 26 2002 - 21:56:08 BST