4 Jul
2025
4 Jul
'25
5:21 p.m.
I didn’t see chalk, but it was $1600/hr plus expenses to know where to sweep.
IBM was paying it!
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On Jul 4, 2025, at 13:44, Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Fri, 4 Jul 2025, Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
This is similar to an IBM mainframe story i
have.
IBM 370 wouldn’t IMPL.
CE and FE couldn’t figure it out.
They called in a “Special Consultant.”
I
Came in with a briefcase that contained his “tools”, which was a big brush that you would
use for light plaster work and a wood mallet.
He proceeded to sweep the brush across the wirewrap backplane and a wire cam loose.
He replaced the wire and all was good again.
I never found out what the mallet was used for.
. . . and a piece of chalk?
measure from top edge, measure from side edge.
Make a chalk mark.
Hit with mallet.
"$1 for hitting with mallet; $499 for knowing where to hit"