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  • "Moon Patrol is not diagnostics."

    From D Finnigan@dog_cow@macgui.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Monday, November 02, 2020 18:39:46
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    I just read this discussion topic on VCFed and it has the funniest reply
    that made me laugh. The subject line is "Is there something wrong with my
    Apple IIc?"

    OP says, "...and attempted to play Moon Patrol, I was unable to jump..."

    And Verault replies, "Why dont you just run diagnostics? Moon patrol is not diagnostics."

    http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?77387-Is-there-something-wrong-with-my-Apple-IIc

    And now I'm left with this funny mental picture of lab coat technicians
    playing Moon Patrol, but it's actually a diagnostic utility. Or it has a diagnostic mode (Open-Apple-D). :-D

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  • From martin.doherty@undisclosed.com@martindoherty377@gmail.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Monday, November 02, 2020 13:11:01
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    On Monday, November 2, 2020 at 1:39:48 PM UTC-5, D Finnigan wrote:
    OP says, "...and attempted to play Moon Patrol, I was unable to jump..."
    Reminds me of the legend of the Pontiac owner whose car would not start if he bought vanilla ice cream ... https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cone-of-silence/
    End user's observations of unexpected behavior can yield important clues even if it sounds a bit silly!
    e.g. could be a dirty space bar preventing the press from registering, I don't know if running a diagnostics utility would pick that up unless it walks you through doing a physical keyboard test.
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  • From martin.doherty@undisclosed.com@martindoherty377@gmail.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Monday, November 02, 2020 13:13:09
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    P.S. I also got a good laugh out of your mental picture, sorry, I meant to mention that!
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  • From ant@ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) to comp.sys.apple2 on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 15:39:30
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    martin.doherty@undisclosed.com <martindoherty377@gmail.com> wrote:
    P.S. I also got a good laugh out of your mental picture, sorry, I meant to mention that!

    Me too. I used to play that on my Apple //c during the rad 80s. :D
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