8 Jun
2010
8 Jun
'10
10:21 p.m.
On 8 Jun 2010 at 20:49, Fred Cisin wrote:
Surely y'all are familiar with the "Pepsi
Syndrome"?
Unsweetened tea is about the only beverage that gets close to my
machine. It may short something out, but probably won't gum anything
up.
At CDC, the CEs would pitch a fit if they saw anyone sitting at the
6000 console with a cup of coffee of a soft drink. I seem to
remember that the keyswitch matrix was hand-wired (not a PCB)--at
least, that's what I think I saw when I spied a CE poking around
underneath with a popsicle stick trying to fix a bad key.
Although smoking was prohibited, they usually wouldn't say anything
as long as you had an ashtray on the console. Cigarette burns on the
equipment looked nasty.
--Chuck