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From: Jerry Caesar <caesar@cadsun.corp.mot.com>
To: rj@eli.elilabs.com
Subject: Houston, we have a problem...
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:58:49 -0500
> Houston, we have a problem --- with Windows
>
> On the 24th of January this year, there was a `computer problem'
> on board the space shuttle, as reported by CNN. Here is the
> text of the exchange that was recorded on NASA cable TV between
> the Johnson Space Center (JSC) and the crew.
>
> Crew: Urgent Johnson, we can't get a DOS prompt
>
> JSC: Press C: enter
>
> Crew: Heck, we're not familiar with all this
>
> JSC: What screen are you looking at?
>
> Crew: It says `My Computer', and, er, various other icons
>
> JSC: Click on `Start' and then shut down
>
> Crew: You click the `Start' button to shut down?
>
> JSC: Yeah. Isn't it obvious?
>
> Crew: Somebody get me an aspirin
>
> JSC: Just hit the damn `Start' button
>
> Crew: We can't do that. It didn't load a mouse
>
> JSC: Didn't load any mouse at all?
>
> Crew: Well, yeah, a PS/2 or something. But we don't have one of those.
>
> JSC: Okay. Press Alt + Esc
>
> Crew: And what does that do?
>
> JSC: It should help
>
> Crew: Negative
>
> JSC: Stand by, will replicate the problem down here
>
> Crew: Roger
>
> (long pause)
>
> JSC: Okay then. Double click the MS-DOS icon
>
> Crew: I don't have a mouse
>
> JSC: Go to back-up
>
> Crew: Which is what?
>
> JSC: Dock with the Russians. They have a Unix Workstation you can borrow.
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Jerry A. Caesar (caesar@cadsun.corp.mot.com)
Microprocessor and Software Product Research Lab
MOTOROLA Software Research and Development
http://www.mot.com