Editing Write-only memory (joke) (section)

==Apple==
In 1982, [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] published their official ''Apple IIe Reference Manual'' (part number A2L2005),<ref>{{Citation |url = https://archive.org/details/a2_reference_manual |title = Apple IIe Reference Manual |publisher = Apple Computer |year = 1982 |id = part number A2L2005}}, 266 pp.</ref> which included two references to write-only memory:

On page 233:
* ''[[bit bucket]]:'' The final resting place of all information; see ''write-only memory''.

On page 250:
* ''write-only memory:'' A form of computer memory into which information can be stored but never, ever retrieved, developed under government contract in 1975 by Professor Homberg T. Farnsfarfle. Farnsfarfle's original prototype, approximately one inch on each side, has so far been used to store more than 100 trillion words of surplus federal information. Farnsfarfle's critics have denounced his project as a six-million-[[dollar]] [[boondoggle]], but his defenders point out that this excess information would have cost more than 250 billion dollars to store in conventional media.

Originally written by [[Bruce Tognazzini]], the write-only memory definition was not without its share of internal controversy. The second sentence originally read, "Approximately one inch on each side, Farnsfarfle's original prototype has so far been used...." The editors insisted the original contained a misplaced modifier whereas Tognazzini was equally adamant that Farnsfarfle was a very small man. The editors won.<ref>Ecphorizer, The, A Mensa Magazine #46, June 1985, pp 21-22.</ref><ref>Sworn testimony of Mr. Tognazzini (His actual swear words deleted).</ref>