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[der Mouse]

In article <89 at dcl-csvax.comp.lancs.ac.uk>, craig at comp.lancs.ac.uk (Craig Wylie) writes:
> In article <159 at andromeda.UUCP> marco at andromeda.UUCP (the wharf rat) writes:
>>	Any DEC user knows that fubar means
>>        _F_ailed _U_ni_B_us _A_ddress _R_egister. As in
>>	"Your UniBus is, like, totally fubar, man"
> And I always thought that FUBAR stood for 
> 	F****d Up Beyond All Recognition
> you live and learn

It does.  That's what the "As in ..." comment is about.  Can't anyone
recognize a joke without a :-)?!

By the way, wharf rat isn't joking about the DEC meaning.  VAXen really
do have a failed UNIbus address register, and the documentation (eg,
the architecture reference manual) really does call it the FUBAR.

					der Mouse

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