[talk.bizarre] Control-charing Ooblick and roaches

jc@cdx39.UUCP (John Chambers) (09/18/86)

> The NAME/FINGER police haven't caught me yet -- and my favorite code
> is ^[c on vt100/vt220 terminals.  Try it, if you dare :-)> (smiling
> evil wizard)

Gee, I tried it and all it did was BEEP at me.  Maybe I typed 
it wrong?  What I like to do is insert the following into someone's
.login file:

set prompt='[7m['`fortune -o`'] \!
:[0m '

-- 
	John M Chambers 
Phone: 617/364-2000x7304
Email: ...{cthulhu,inmet,harvax,mit-eddie,mot[bos],rclex}!cdx39!{jc,news,root,usenet,uucp}
Smail: Codex Corporation; Mailstop C1-30; 20 Cabot Blvd; Mansfield MA 02048-1193
Telex: 922-443 CODEX A MNSF
!fortune -o