bout de papier, Vol. 7, No. 3 (1990), p. 15
“User friendly” they said, “Menu Driven.
Just follow instructions. Hit any key.
Before you know, it’s indispensible.”
Hard to recognize my IBM clone
computer in that glowing sales pitch, as
I sit here at night with the screen gone blank
except for one *! message flashing forth;
ERROR. FORMATTED FOR DEFAULT PRINTER
Bloody Hell. There is no other printer.
HIT ANY KEY…except that one, stupid
Hagiographa in hieroglyphics
is not what I need now… Where’s the manual?
CONTROL plus F1 — GO TO DOS. Go to
***indeed. You need instructions to un-
derstand instructions. F1 – ESCAPE.
If only I could. Please God. Let this work!
Many hours later message iS isHed/.
fIN
PriNTing erAtiC but de CyphER ABle>.
Now. How do I EXIT this *^*!
program? Anyone looking? Pull
thE PLUG!
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