We kept our bit bucket in the closet next to the left-handed broom.


Regards
Stuart Gibson
Midrange Systems

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> From:         BEdminster[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     BEdminster
> Sent:         Thursday, 14 January 1999 16:22
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: stdlist deletion & performance implications
>
> In article <[log in to unmask]>,
> Mike
> Hornsby <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
> >Incidentally, for those of you running with MPE prior to the set
> >stdlist=delete 'feature' we used to configure a dummy printer with a term
> >type of 18 and let the output go to the bit bucket. BTW, does anyone know
> >the origin of the term 'bit bucket'?
> >
> >Mike Hornsby
> >[log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >
>
> "Bit Bucket", Noun, A container usually kept in the main CPU chassis
> and/or on
> the
>  floor behind said chassis, used to hold the unwanted remnants of report
> outputs,
> program abend listings, etc.  The task of 'emptying the bit bucket' is
> usually
> one of
>  the first tasks assigned to a new programmer or operator.  Much akin to
> the
> 'Tent Stretcher' or 'Smoke Shifter' of Boy Scout lore.  ;-)
>
> BTW - I sure hope you had a bit bucket of some sort or another to catch
> all the
> bits
>  coming out of the end of that cable attached to the dummy printer port,
> TType 18 or not!
>   <wink>
>
> Brian Edminster, Sr. Consultant
> Applied Technologies
>