6 Jun
1998
6 Jun
'98
3:42 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Minis and mainframes are usually fully operable when they are retired,
(they'd better be -- the service contract is usually still going strong)
but the warehouses they are retired to are not usually the best of all
possible computer storage environments.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
I do not think
that is the case with the big/professional stuff (sorry
micro guys). I would say that 99 out of 100 are retired in fully operable
condition. New or old, the good stuff like VAXen, Ciscos, AS/400s, etc.
just does not fail very often.
Perhaps I've just been unlucky, but 90% of the minis and workstations
that I've saved have needed minor repairs (dirty contacts, burnt-out
bulbs, defective fans, maybe the odd blown chip) to get them back to
perfect condition.