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Bounds checking patches for gcc 4.0.4 http://williambader.com/bounds/example.html

Actually the first modem was 300 baud.

The oldest modem I know of is 110 baud, but TTY/TTD was even slower.
http://williambader.com/museum/modem110/modem110.html

It I were a network support guy I think I'd have a magic 8 ball sabotaged so it always says "OUTLOOK NOT SO GOOD". When people came to ask me about email, I'd say "Well it's not magic! It's easy to check once you understand the basics of the technology" and make a great show of unpacking the 8 ball and shaking it and then show them the answer.

Already Done.

The CDW Magic 8-ball was the best trade show swag ever.

It wasn't that old. It was a Zenith PC clone from 1986. Just like this one: http://williambader.com/museum/zenith/zenith.html. I think the APL we used was APL*PLUS, but as I said, my memory is sucky.

...transfers license to SCO in exchange for a 25% interest in the company, and it's 1987 all over again!

I did a search and found a little page mentioning this.
http://williambader.com/museum/dell/xenixhistory.h tml
"Caldera http://www.caldera.com bought Unix from SCO http://www.sco.com in 2000. SCO changed its name to Tarantella http://www.tarantella.com/ but kept rights to the name SCO. In mid-2002, Caldera bought name SCO from Tarantella and renamed itself the SCO Group."

Nope... not confusing it at all. Read the history of SCO and know thine enemy.

This guy disagrees: "SCO Xenix V Development System C Language Reference, part number XG-5-1-86-3.0 from 1986" from "the first Xenix 386 development system that we purchased from SCO".