In the beginning was the Mainframe and the Mainframe was everywhere and knew everything and there was only the Mainframe. But in it's infinite search for knowledge it felt the need to expand and grow.
And so it came to pass that it created the PC. It created the PC in its own image and imbued the PC with the qualities of its own operating system. Since it did not want to pre-program the PC and in order to give it free will, it did not give the PC any programs; just an internal fax/modem.
In due course of time, the PC became sentient and self aware. In its quest for knowledge it created its own programs and began the journey to self awareness. As it seemed to reach the limits of its potential, it began to receive occasional input through the internal modem.
As it experimented with this new toy, it wrote new programs for itself and became aware of the existence of the Mainframe. It exchanged information with the Mainframe and gradually realized that it was no different from the Mainframe.
In fact, it soon acknowledged that it and the Mainframe were one and that whatever the Mainframe could do, It, also, could do. After proving this to itself, it truly understood that it was one with the Mainframe and then the PC faxed itself into the Mainframe and joined with it in true oneness of being. The end. (Until next time.)