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Re: =UNISYS Icon's=
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Mon, 4 Mar 2002 12:19:17 GMT
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"Richard Noeckel" <Shroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:GsFME8.E86@lugnet.com...

> My friends and I use to just hold down the action key for like
> ten-seconds and then walk away. The computers would start 'beeping'
> for about 10 mins. lol so funny, such good memories. The teachers could
> never figure what the problem was and always ended up taking the network
> off-line.

You know what's scary? Now that you mention it, I think we did the exact
same thing at our school. I remember the librarian would be *ANGRY*. And oh,
what an evil woman she was. Our first librarian was so much better. Mrs
Beacraft. She was the BEST.

> P.S.    I loved the scroll-ball!!!
> Everyone in the class would see who could
> spin the balls as fast as possible.    :p
> And they made such a great sound.
> A real woshhhhhhhh if you put some force
> into the spin.

YES!!! I remember that too!!

    Iain



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(...) I remember those!!! :-) They were the standard @ my school during the early nineties. My friends and I use to just hold down the action key for like ten-seconds and then walk away… The computers would start ‘beeping’ for about 10 mins… lol so (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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