Afloyd.76 net.general utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!floyd!trb Thu Feb 11 11:58:58 1982 Origin of fubar What do you guys know? In the VAX Hardware Handbook, it clearly states: The UNIBUS address bits <17:02> will be stored in the Failed UNIBUS Address Register (FUBAR). Enough said. Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491 ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.