Monday, May 27, 2013

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Back in the early days when you had to dial up a mainframe, if I found a terminal where someone had not logged off at night I'd pull up this file.

AUTHORIZATION
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ACCEPTED

PROCEED WITH LOW LEVEL FORMATTING? Y/N
y 

CONFIRM REFORMAT OF PRIMARY SYSTEM MEMORY Y/N
y

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*               WARNING!            *
*                                   *
*     THIS PROCESS WILL DELETE      *
*     ALL SYSTEM AND USER FILES     *
* SYSTEM RESTART WILL BE REQUIRED!  *
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PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE  _