Was ist das Blinkenlights?


Herr Doctor Otto Von Fraktur-Englisch
Ach, die Dummkopfen are always asking me zat qvestion. Das Blinkenlights ist a Word for ze tings on der front of der computer. Vat? You say you have keine Blinkenlights? Vell, get off your Tuschi und go into ze Netzverkroom so you can see some Blinkenlights!

Back in the olden days zere vere many many lights on ze front of ze Computers. Zey vould flash so zat you could see how schnelle ze Computer vould run, but zese days, ach, you can nicht find a Light auf ze Computer zat vill blink slow enough to see it blink. You must go into ze Netzwerkroom to see Blinkenlights on ze Ethernetkontrolen und Rackmountserveren. So sad...

But zere used to be zese Signs, you see? I have one on mein PalmPilot zat makes ze Screen all blinkig; das ist sehr cute, ja? On zis page I describe several of zese Signs.

If you visch to see die Blinkenlights, ist necessary to either look at ein old Computer like a VAX or something like zat, or to look at a rack of Servers in ze Netzwerkroom like I keep telling you. Or you could also look at ze BeBox or ze Connection Machine, which had die Blinkenlights because zey looked cool.


Prof. von Fraktur-Englisch would love to hear your blinkenlights stories. Just email them to Brian Connors (who, by the way, is 1/4 German himself and therefore thinks he can get away with this kind of ethnic-joke crap) and he'll pass them on.
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