Re: Two ways to torture a comp teacher

[cdeschu@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Chris Deschu)]

In article <mnementhCttrG1.9o9@netcom.com>,
David R. Villegas <mnementh@netcom.com> wrote:
>fishern3485@cobra.uni.edu wrote:
>>Just recalling the good 'ol days of highschool and thought you might get
>>a kick out of some Apple antics I pulled junior year...
>
>[neat antics snipped]
>
>I once switched CATALOG and INIT and made the teacher's computer show a
>dirty picture after ctrl-reset.

Hmm, what can I add to this?

	I'm sure that by now, most everyone has heard that you can
set all 3 text colors (foreground, background, and border) to black
on a ROM 00 IIGS, right? Well, guess what happens when someone does
this to an entire lab full of computers at once... And of course, they
mysteriously get fixed, and work fine when they arrive at the repair
center...

	BTW, these things work for parents too. When I was a kid, I
wrote some surveying software in BASIC for my dad to use in his
business. It soon became an important part of the job. As most every
kid eventually does, I had some "misunderstandings" with my parents,
when they wouldn't let me do what I wanted. One day, a light clicked.
I changed the program to check the 40/80 column switch, and made it
say "ERROR" on a blank screen if the switch was down, and work fine
if the switch was up. They soon learned that the computer behaved
when they did. Unfortunately, it usually seemed that he could survive
longer without the program than I could stuck in my room.

	Also, my mother IS a substitute teacher, and is sometimes called
to teach in the computer lab. She usually just follows the lesson plans,
and has a big problem if there is trouble. One of the kids' favorite
tricks is to switch the monitor cables between computers, so when you
type on the keyboard, it shows up on your neighbor's screen, or not
at all if the other machine isn't turned on.
	Apparently, some of the machines also have a 'keyboard lock'
switch on them somewhere, that they discovered, and she didn't.

Keep 'em coming :)

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