On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 8:00 PM, Zane Healy <heal...@aracnet.com> wrote:
> > On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:42 PM, steve shumaker <shuma...@att.net> wrote: > > > One legend that gets trotted out whenever you speak of WWMMCCS is the > cookie monster that was on terminals in the Pentagon installation of > WWMMCCS. As the legend goes, at random intervals, the console would go > blank, operators would loose control and a message would display something > to the effect "cookie monster hungry - feed me". Supposedly once you > typed in one of several cookie names, the routine would release the system > back to the operator. I personally know a retired AF IT manager who > worked WWMMCCS and swears its a true story... > > > > Suspect you will find very little material other than what Al has - it > wasn't a particularly common installed setup. > > > > Steve > > > > DPS-8's, not 6's, and I for one don't believe that legend. > > I don't know about the legend, but the cookie program originated on the DPS-8: http://www.multicians.org/cookie.html -- Charles
