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A Notepad nightmare leaves sysadmin with something totally unprintable

Stevie

Re: Octal? You lucky bastard!

Wire wrap? Wire wrap?

Y'soft southern jessie!

We 'ad t' use crocodile clips fabricated from spring clothes pegs wi' drawing pins stuck in t'ends, an' edge contacts were old straightened paper clips nailed t' circuit ends. Chassis voltage were 3kv DC on account o' t' valves. Every time one changed t' zero, paper clip 'ad t' be unclipped, an' the arcing an' screamin' and catchin' fire were summat awful.

But it were better than workin' up at mill.

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