4 Jul
2025
4 Jul
'25
6:15 p.m.
Yeah, this was 1978.
What we used to spend on IT stuff back then is really amazing.
So much!
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 4, 2025, at 15:04, Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>> 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"
On Fri, 4 Jul 2025, Wayne S wrote:
I didn’t see chalk, but it was $1600/hr plus expenses to know where to sweep.
IBM was paying it!
True, there has been some inflation in the half century since I was around 360/370