David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > If this quest turns out to be an otherwise dry run, let me know. The > > U. of Arkansas periodically holds surplus equipment auctions, and it's > > not uncommon to still see a fine vintage Selectric go through.
> As long as it doesn't require a stay at the Bates Inn, or getting > mooned by the locals, I'm in...8-) > (PS -- For those of you who weren't there, the Univ of Arkansas hosted > the legendary VM Workshop once. Accomodations were .... *interesting*, > and the big dinner event involved steam trains, a trip into the WAY back > beyond of Arkansas, and a unscheduled display by the natives. I'll let > Gabe tell the tale of the Bates Inn...) Um, yes. As Dan noted, the fully qualified name is The Bates Mountain Inn. The outside sign tastefully just called it The Mountain Inn, but after a night or two, someone realized the true name, that it was part of the same chain as the lodging where that fine documentary called Psycho was filmed. Things floating in the pool. Fire extinguishers ripped from their nests in the halls. Most hall lightbulbs missing. Fire exits chained shut. Elevator walls oozing ... dark liquid. Serious stains on sleeping room walls. I suspect that my memory is mercifully hiding other details; we need to hear from Roger Deschner, he found a few. The epilogue at the next year's Workshop was Dan *attempting* to make amends by offering a raffle prize, the raffle only open to survivors of TBMI. I won, and I've refused to let my wife dispose of the prize, The Arkansas Road-Kill Cookbook. And just to say *something* about APL, I installed APL at Mitre to kick-start interest; it was an old/free DOS APL version which someone had disassembled and ported to CMS. Since I had the "source" available I was able to enhance it, making it work better with CMS, until user demand let us spring for a real/supported -- but maybe OCO -- version. -- Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. (703) 941-1657 6580 Bermuda Green Court, Alexandria, VA 22312-3103 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.cpcug.org/user/gabe> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
