11/34a Thanx..

From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter_at_shell.monmouth.com>
Date: Tue May 26 05:30:38 1998

>
> At 01:23 AM 26-05-98 -0400, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
>
> >Well, you're supposed to be kneeling on the floor in front of the
> >console with a rooster and a knife, but a voltmeter and a scope are
> >a good alternative.
>
> No, roosters and knives only work for Q-Bus systems - you need virgin
> sacrifice for those Unibus versions :-)

Which is why I had so much fun in DEC Field Service and why there's
no one left in the DDC who can fix PDP11's and Vaxes. There's no one
in Colorado Springs left to sacrifice.

>
> To add some real content :-) I used to maintain a number of 78x and 8600

>
> Hint - although the cards are keyed, sufficient force will insert them
> backwards. This was only discovered when comparing with the full sized
> version :-(

Actually, the original small grant cards aren't keyed. I knew one
person at DEC who inserted them all backwards.


Bill
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