Date:         Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:10:21 -0500
Reply-To:     Nat Wooding <nathani@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Nat Wooding <nathani@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fun With SAS - My Vote for Oddest SAS Programming Language
              "Feature"
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Back in the 1960's or so, there folks who were bored supposedly would come
up with print jobs that would make a mainframe impact printer sort of beat
out a tune like Jingle Bells.

Nat

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From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael
Raithel
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:49 AM
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Subject: Re: Fun With SAS - My Vote for Oddest SAS Programming Language
"Feature"

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

Westat, 301 - 294 - 3976
MichaelRaithel@westat.com