Dear SAS-L-ers,

Art posted the following:

> Murphy, > > Nat's responses about historical trends in the evolution of computers > made > me remember one that shows that SAS wasn't the first to include sound > in > their machines. > > I remember one of the early mainframes I worked on, a Xerox model. > When you > shut it down, it played the Star Spangled Banner for you. You can read > a > little about it at: http://arcterex.net/net.rum > Art, too funny!!!! Wouldn't "O Canada" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Canada ) have been more appropriate:-)

Sincerely,

Michael A. Raithel

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