29 Jun
2000
29 Jun
'00
6:34 p.m.
On June 29, Tony Duell wrote:
It's essentially the same CPU, packed into a
different case, and with an
RC25 disk drive. I am told the latter is a nightmare which headcrashes if
you look at it wrongly, but anyway.....
At a former place of employment, there was a legend of one of those
blasted RC25 drives crashing because someone farted.
Apparently, the guy was sitting on one of those notorious un-padded
wooden chairs which was on the raised floor right next to the machine
(an 11/725) containing the drive. He ate lunch at the Mexican
restaurant across the street. Apparently his output produced just
enough vibration at just the right frequency to cause the head to hit
the media during a spinup.
-Dave McGuire
29 Jun
29 Jun
8:29 p.m.
On June 29, Tony Duell wrote:
Yeah yeah, and then theres the poor kid who pulled his dads finger just
before the earthquake...
It's essentially the same CPU, packed into a
different case, and with an
RC25 disk drive. I am told the latter is a nightmare which headcrashes if
you look at it wrongly, but anyway.....
At a former place of employment, there was a legend of one of those
blasted RC25 drives crashing because someone farted. 
9:12 p.m.
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Mike Ford wrote:
A buddy of mine was in the clean room of a disk drive manufacture
(to remain nameless). Being the joker he is, he farted next to the
particle counter that kept track of the general level of cleanliness
of the room HDAs were being manufactured. It took several hours to
convince management not to shut the line down and completely clean
the room (basically you have to wipe EVERY surface, item, tool in
the room with a cleaning solution and lint free cloths).
I still don't trust XT-2190s.
clint
On June 29,
Tony Duell wrote:
Yeah yeah, and then theres the poor kid who pulled his dads finger just
before the earthquake...
It's essentially the same CPU, packed into a
different case, and with an
RC25 disk drive. I am told the latter is a nightmare which headcrashes if
you look at it wrongly, but anyway.....
At a former place of employment, there was a legend of one of those
blasted RC25 drives crashing because someone farted.
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