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AND NOW, BY POPULAR DEMAND, WE CONTINUE IN OUR QUEST FOR TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND 100 BLOCKS ON DSKC: AS WE BRING YOU THE FOURTH EPISODE IN THE NEVER ENDING ADVENTURES OF: **** THE LONE PERKINS **** AS YOU WILL RECALL, WE LEFT A LOVELY YOUNG LASS [SSN=3141] BEING DRAWN TOWARD THE THREATENING PAPER TAPE PUNCH IN THE MACHINE ROOM OF W A C C C !! OUR HERO, THE LONE PERKINS, WAS STRUGGLING TO SAVE THE DEC-SYSTEM-10 FROM THE DEBILITATING POWERS OF THE FERRO-MAGNETIC KRYPTONITE, WHILE HIS FRIEND, JOE HANSEN WAS STRUGGLING WITH THE GIRL. ALL SEEMS LOST !!!! THE GREAT MARC RAMSEY CASTS AN EVIL EYE OVER THE ENTIRE SITUATION !! SUDDENLY... WE HEAR AN UNFAMILIAR FLAPPING SOUND COMING FROM NEAR THE CTY. WHAT CAN IT BE ???? A DECTAPE ON THE LONE PERKINS' FAVORITE MOUNT, DTA0:, HAS PASSED THE END-OF-FILE MARK AND IS SPINNING FASTER AND FASTER !! WITHOUT WARNING, IT IS THROWN OFF THE DRIVE AND SMITES THE EVIL RAMSEY, KNOCKING HIM TO THE FLOOR! QUICKLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FORTUITIOUS EVENT, THE LONE PERKINS GATHERS UP THE PIECES OF FERRO-MAGNETIC KRYPTONITE, THROWS THEM INTO THE BIT BUCKET, AND RUNS WITH THEM OUT THE DOOR AND INTO THE EXECUTIVE WASHROOM!! ?WHAT COULD HE POSSIBLY DO WITH THE DEADLY MATERIAL?? ?HOW CAN HE INSULATE THE DEC-10 FROM ITS EVIL EFFECTS?? ?WHERE CAN HE PUT IT TO ENSURE THE COMPUTER'S SAFETY?? FWOOSH !!??!! . . . OH. WELL, ONCE AGAIN WE RETURN TO THE MACHINE ROOM, ONLY TO FIND OUR HELPLESS LASS [SSN=3141] MENACING CLOSE TO THE JAWS OF THE DEVOURING PAPER TAPE PUNCH !!!!! BUT JOE HANSEN POPS OUT OF HIS STUPR ... RUNS TO THE PTP: ... HITS THE STOP BUTTON ... AND SAVES THE GIRL !!!!!!!!!! <SIGH OF RELIEF> QUICKLY HE DISENTANGLES THE YOUNG WRENCH FROM HER PRECARIOUS POSITION. SEEING THAT SHE IS STILL TREMBLING WITH FEAR, THE SYMPATHETIC JOE HANSEN ESCORTS HER TOWARD THE DOOR , AND IN A COMFORTING VOICE ASKS: "WHAT'S YOUR PHONE NUMBER, HONEY?" WE LEAVE JOE HANSEN TO HIS DEVICES <AHEM>. ***** A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE DOOR TO THE EXECUTIVE WASHROOM OPENS, AND A TRIUMPHANT LONE PERKINS EMERGES, WEARY, YET WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HIS JOB HAS BEEN EXECUTED WELL. NONCHALANTLY ENTERING AN OFFICE, HE REMOVES HIS MASK, HANGS IT UP ON HIS COAT RACK, AND EXITS AS: EDWARD L. PERKINS MILD MANNERED MANAGER OF W A C C C. AS HE SAUNTERS DOWN THE HALLWAY TOWARDS THE I/O DESK, HIS THOUGHTS ARE INTERRUPTED BY A JOVIAL SONG COMING FROM THE OFFICE OF GREG GRALSH: " OH ................. THERE'S 99 BUGS IN THE MONITOR NOW 99 BUGS IN THE CORE. YOU RUN DDT, YOU FIND 2 OR 3, 96 BUGS IN THE MONITOR NOW. 96 BUGS IN THE MONITOR NOW, 96 BUGS IN THE CORE .... "HI GREG!" INTERRUPTS ED. "GOLLY GEE GETLCH, HI ED ! "DIDN'T SEE YOU POP IN!" RESPONDS GREG. "HOW'S THE NEW MONITOR GOMING ALONG?" "WELL, I'M DOWN TO 96 NOW . . . WAIT! . . . WAIT! . . ." HIS SPEECH IS INTERRUPTED BY THE CLATTERING OF FINGERS AND TELETYPE KEYS. "THAT'S IT!" YELLS GREG. "ARRAY !! ANOTHER BUG BYTES THE DUST !!!" "CONGRATULATIONS !!" SAYS ED. "WHAT SAY WE GO DOWN TO BOYNTON PIZZA AND CELEBRATE?" "WELL", SAYS GREG," I'M NOT TOO HUNGRY NOW. I'LL PROBABLY JUST HAVE A BLT . . . OK . . . LET'S GO!!" THEY LEAVE THE OFFICE, WALK DOWN THE HALLWAY TOWARDS THE EGRESS, AND AS HE TURNS THE CORNER, GREG TRIPS OVER A MASSLESS FORM WRAPPED IN SWADDLING MAGTAPE AND LYING ON THE FLOOR. "CAREFUL GREG", SAYS ED ," YOU COULD SLIP A DISK THAT WAY." GREG ROLLS OVER AND SAYS, "I'M ALL RIGHT, BUT I COULD HAVE I DISLOCATED A RIB." THEY SHIFT THEIR ATTENTION TO THE OBJECT WHICH CAUSED GREG GRALSH TO CRASH. "IS IT ALIVE?" ASKS ED? "MRMMPMPH!" SAYS THE MASSLESS FORM. "HOLY MACRO! I THINK IT IS!!" SAYS GREG. "BETS?" RETORTS ED. "YOU'RE RIGHT," GREG REPLIES, "IT'S GRONY." "MRMMPMPH!!" GRONY AGREES. "BUT GRONY, WHY ARE YOU . . . GOLLY GEE GETLCH . . . I BET YOU A 1000 BLOCKS RAMSEY IS BEHIND THIS EVIL DEED !!" SUDDENLY ALL EYES ARE DIVERTED TO THE OBSERVATION WINDOW. THERE IN THE BOWELS OF THE MACHINE ROOM, CLOAKED IN THE DARKENED GLOOM, TWO FIGURES ARE SEEN HUNCHED OVER THE CTY. ??????????????????????????????????????????? CAN IT BE THAT EVERYONE HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT ### THE GREAT RAMSEY ### AND HIS EVIL ACCOMPLICE?? COULD THE LONE PERKINS FORGET? COULD JOE HANSEN FORGET? COULD THE AUTHORS FORGET? IS THE DEC-SYSTEM-10 AGAIN THREATENED BY EXTINCTION? WHAT COULD THOSE FIENDS BE DOING ? HOW CAN THE LONE PERKINS SAVE THE DEC WITHOUT BETRAYING HIS SECRET IDENTITY ? THE ANSWER TO THESE AND OTHER QUESTIONS IN OUR NEXT ADVENTURE. <ASSUMING WE STILL HAVE OUR PPNS>
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