Ties caught in printers.

From: COMMPUTERSEUM/Kevin Stumpf <ccm_at_sentex.net>
Date: Fri Oct 2 06:44:38 1998

Dah. What could be more fun eh.

But seriously folks, I have too many email accounts and I consistently bore
this august group with my personal replies. Please excuse me once again. And
Dougie, you better be kidding...

IBM did similar thing at a graphics conference in the early 1980s. Over a
week they installed a 3090 on the show floor. I hear there is a time-lapse
video of the event.

OK, who's got something big enough, close enough, in working condition, and
knows how to do a professional install? We know you're out there.

>On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Unusual systems wrote:
>
>> Here's an idea for 3.0...get somebody close by with a working, large mini
>> configuration or small mainframe and have them spend all day assemblying and
>> wiring and booting it and demonstrating it the next day. A good full install
>> should day all at least.
>
>There goes Kevin trying to scare off collectors again! Let's demo both
>the install and the de-install and simulate a tie getting caught in the
>line printer, the 600 lb disk drive dropping on toes, a couple of
>high-voltage mishaps, and the disk-drive-as-fly-wheel effect as the truck
>drives away and then tips over when it tries to make a turn. :-)
>
>-- Doug
>
>
>
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