, X-NEWS: spcvxb alt.folklore.computers: 28886K Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.0-3 14/03/90 VAX/VMS V5.5; site spcvxb.spc.edu U Path: spcvxb.spc.edu!rutgers!ub!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!uunet!munnari.oz.au! H  yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!adam.adelaide.edu.au!phil" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers  Subject: Re: Coke machine at CMU1 Message-ID: <phil.715327172@adam.adelaide.edu.au> . From: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick) Date: 1 Sep 92 05:59:32 GMT   Sender: news@ucs.adelaide.edu.au% References: <87501@netnews.upenn.edu> 5 Organization: University of Adelaide, South Australia ' Nntp-Posting-Host: adam.adelaide.edu.au 	 Lines: 60   2 jarnot@kin.lap.upenn.edu (Kevin J. Jarnot) writes:  I >I have recently heard of a Coke machine at CMU that is connected to the  * >Internet.  Anyone have the whole story???  $ I snarfed it before, and here it is:   % man jf  A JF(6/22/90)         UNIX Programmer's Manual          JF(6/22/90)    NAME<      jf - Inquire about availability of junk foods in CMU CS      vending machines.   SYNOPSIS#      jf [coke | mnm | mm ] [-reset]    DESCRIPTION =      jf inquires about the availability of Coke/Diet-Coke and @      M&Ms in the CMU CS vending area to save addicts an abortive%      trip from their distant offices.   ?      With no argument or with single argument coke jf gives the =      status of the buttons of 16oz bottles in the CMU CS Coke ?      machine.  With argument mnm or mm it will give an estimate :      of the number of servings of M&Ms left in the vending
      machine.   @      Providing an argument to identify the machine and the argu-A      ment -reset allows the vending machine fillers to inform the :      server when the machines have been refilled.  This is=      currently applicable only to the M&M machine because the ;      Coke interface is essentially self-monitoring.  Proper ?      credentials are requested before a reset may be performed.    BUGS>      As of 22-June-90, only the M&M interface is working.  The,      Coke interface is still being prepared.   SEE ALSO      xmnm(1)   HISTORY 5      22-Jun-90  eddie caplan (egc) at carnegie mellon @           Updated man entry to reflect the new Coke machine con-?           figuration.  Added BUGS section while the Coke inter-            face is down.   >      29-Oct-85  Ivor Durham (id) at Carnegie-Mellon University@           Created man entry. Client and server software by David<           Nichols with contributions from Ivor Durham.  Coke;           machine interface by John Zsarnay and M&M machine %           interface by Mark Zaremsky.    --  ?    _-_|\    Phil Kernick                        "Sleep all day, A   /     \   University of Adelaide               Party all night, A   \_.-*_/   E-Mail: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au    It's fun to be a :        v    Phone:  +61 8 228 5914               Vampire!"