25 May
1998
25 May
'98
10:30 p.m.
At 01:23 AM 26-05-98 -0400, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Which is why I had so much fun in DEC Field Service and why there's
no one left in the DDC who can fix PDP11's and Vaxes. There's no one
in Colorado Springs left to sacrifice.
Well, you're supposed to be kneeling on the
floor in front of the
console with a rooster and a knife, but a voltmeter and a scope are
a good alternative.
No, roosters and knives only work for Q-Bus systems - you need virgin
sacrifice for those Unibus versions :-)
To add some real content :-) I used to maintain a number of 78x and 8600
Hint - although the cards are keyed, sufficient force will insert them
backwards. This was only discovered when comparing with the full sized
version :-(
Actually, the original small grant cards aren't keyed. I knew one
person at DEC who inserted them all backwards.
Bill
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