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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