Clueless Museums (was: Final Xerox Star demo)

From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter_at_shell.monmouth.com>
Date: Mon Jun 8 19:21:10 1998

>
> > I've begun to feel that anyone who got into Field Circus work after
>
> What, even if I decided to become a field servoid... :-)
>
> > '83 or so shouldn't be allowed any tools trickier than a screwdriver.
>
> You'd let them have screwdrivers?
>
> Seriously, the fact that field servoids can't solder and don't use
> soldering irons once wasted a morning for me. I'd got an RK05, just off
> DEC maintenance, which would spin down after about 45 minutes of heavy
> use, and then spin up and reload the heads as if nothing had happened.
>
> It turned out that for some reason the drive thought the interlock loop
> through the 2 microswitches (door closed, pack in place) was opening.
> After dismantling the drive front panel, etc I discovered that a cut wire
> between the 2 microswitches had been twisted together and covered in
> insulating tape. And that's what was failing. Soldering the wires
> together cured everything.
>
> -tony

I learned to hate soldering strapping DH11/DM11's up at AT&T.
However, some things just require either soldering or rewiring with
a fresh piece of wire.

Bill
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