X-NEWS: spcvxb alt.folklore.computers: 28886 Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.0-3 14/03/90 VAX/VMS V5.5; site spcvxb.spc.edu Path: spcvxb.spc.edu!rutgers!ub!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!uunet!munnari.oz.au! yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!adam.adelaide.edu.au!phil Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Coke machine at CMU Message-ID: 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> Organization: University of Adelaide, South Australia Nntp-Posting-Host: adam.adelaide.edu.au Lines: 60 jarnot@kin.lap.upenn.edu (Kevin J. Jarnot) writes: >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 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- 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 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, / \ University of Adelaide Party all night, \_.-*_/ E-Mail: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au It's fun to be a v Phone: +61 8 228 5914 Vampire!"