Re: Beagle Bros. catalogs (Re: Basic Apple II commands?)

[o9938156@unicorn.it.wsu.edu (mark lyon)]

Jonathan Badger (badger@phylo.life.uiuc.edu) wrote:
: shoppa@altair.krl.caltech.edu (Tim Shoppa) writes:


: >I still remember the Beagle Bros. catalog which contained additional
: >pictograms of what *not* to do with your floppies.  The standard
: >ones on the back of 5.25" jackets contained such things as "don't
: >store near magnetic fields", "don't write on labels with ball point
: >pens", etc.  The Beagle Bros. additions contained "Do not fold into
: >a paper airplane" and "do not put into hot toaster".  Does anyone
: >remember the other entries?  Anyone?  Anyone?

: I seem to remember actual *disk jackets* from Beagle Bros with these
: pictograms. Some additional ones were "Do not feed to alligators" and
: "Do not denotate nuclear weapons nearby"

On the back of my Triple Dump disks are the pictograms for:
Do not step on.
Do not start on fire.
Do not cut in half.
Do not feed to alligators.
Do not put in toaster.
Do not play horseshoes with.
Do not fold into paper airplanes.
Do not use as toilet paper holders.
Do not use as a kite.