From: joehorn@usa.net
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Subject: Roo-man & Joey, #2
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 05:10:53 GMT
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[The following is in the low-battery interrupt handler, at the point
where the system shuts down due to very low power; the interrupts are
disabled and the HP-75 ("Kangaroo") is prepared for total power loss.
-jkh-]

    "...bbbbut Roo-man!!! We can't just let them die! Not without even
trying to save them!"
    "I'm sorry, Joey, but there's nothing more we can do. It's up to
the Great Roo now."
    The venerated master reached over and quietly dimmed the lamp by
the side of the gasping kangaroo. Taking Joey's trembling hand in his,
he gently led him away.

		--excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification
		[They just don't write docs like they used to.  -jkh-]