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green lightning
green lightning[IBM] 1. Apparently random flashing streaks on the face of3278-9 terminals while a new symbol set is being downloaded.This hardware bug was left deliberately unfixed, as somegenius within IBM suggested it would let the user know that"something is happening". That, it certainly does. Latermicroprocessor-driven IBM colour graphics displays wereactually *programmed* to produce green lightning!
2. [proposed] Any bug perverted into an alleged feature byadroit rationalisation or marketing. "Motorola calls the CISCcruft in the 88000 architecture "compatibility logic", but Icall it green lightning". See also feature. |