Power interlocks (was Re: [OT] Alphaserver Oops!) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Nov 1998

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Smith &lt;eric(a)brouhaha.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 8:51 PM
Subject: Power interlocks (was Re: [OT] Alphaserver Oops!)

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...
 I'd suggest defeating interlocks only if you are
*sure* you know what
you're doing, not if you *think* you know.  In the case of the Alphaserver
that was cited in the earlier email, it is clear that the person opening the
...
 machine did NOT know what was inside it, and it would
have been entirely
inappropriate to defeat the interlock. 