On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:17:01 +0000, Jan Panteltje wrote:

> But the word 'blinkenlights' is new to me, I am in different language
> country. Seems to be German-English ?? 'blinken' and 'lights'.
>
Its all a bit of silliness that traces back to a notice that got spread
around and was typically stuck to a computer-room window that let those
passing by in the corridor see what was going on in there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights

is a reasonable description and gives the text of the most common version.

In my uni the computer was an Elliott 503 (early scientific machine from
discrete transistors and ferrite core memory) and the notice on the
window was a drawing of a head with 3-4 cubes drawn in the brain area and
the caption "Quiet! I'm playing with my mental blocks".


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