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Mr. Compatibility
by Tom Payne

Would you put this system together for me
some I got through the mail and some I got free.
The pieces all work, except two or three.
Please, Mr. Compatibility.

Now with my Amiga, all I want to do
is running MacDraw underneath OS/2,
to write all my data on ROM-type CD,
and display EGA on projection TV.

I'd like to plug Hypercard into my VAX,
run parallel printers on standard coax;
Use it all under MS-DOS version 3.2,
and a VCR on RS-232.

My Cray running "Friendly" interfaces with ease,
16mm film on a 10-foot screen;
My plotter and laser should speak Postscript well,
networked on Appletalk under Novell.

Autocad my Atari, VGA TTL;
tie it to my Apple running Excel.
Lay optic fiber, shaped in a token ring
add a digitizer -- have I forgotten anything?

Put it together -- take an hour -- or two;
hide all the cables, and when you are through
write me a contract that says you guarantee
it'll all work forever, or you'll fix it for free.

Would you put this system together for me
some I got through the mail and some I got free.
The pieces all work, except two or three.
Please, Mr. Compatibility.

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Posted July 12, 2005