17 Aug
1998
17 Aug
'98
9:02 p.m.
As memory (rarely) serves me, on both occaisions, the culprit was in
the power supply.. Just running backups during both instances... Re:
another reply, Oh yes, I remember the "log books" (operator logs) along
with the FS equipment logs.. The operator logs usually contained the
more "colourful" entries......
Will
Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote:
Hmmm.... I remember a couple of incidents in the computer room, where
TU78's took up smoking, on one occaision prompting the system operator
to push the BIG RED BUTTON! Needless to say, a great time was had by
all (It's a bit of a long story)! FWIW, in the other incident, the op on
duty flipped the breaker, opened the back of the cabinet, and literally
BLEW the flames out (Yup, he got an award for that one....).
Will
Geez... I personally blew out the flames on a pair of TU45's.
(One of the worst tape drives ever designed by Pertec.)
I've never seen the TU77 or 78's flame.
Both TU45's flamed during servo adjustments at Fort Monmouth
when I was a DEC tech.
Bill