A chapter every computer manual should have

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Wed Sep 23 01:35:45 1998

Doug Yowza wrote:
>
> The last chapter of my "Gun Direction Computer M15" manual has a section
> on destroying the computer if it should fall into enemy hands:
>
> By Mechanical Means
>
> 1) Disconnect the gun direction computer from its source of power.
>
> 2) Open the hinged doors on the front and rear of the case.
>
> 3) Remove the plug-in units from the cells of the computer main frame.
>
> 4) Using an axe, pick mattock, sledge, or other heavy implement, destroy
> the gun direction computer by smashing the range unit, azimuth and
> deflection unit, fuze unit, quadrant elevation unit, muzzle velocity unit,
> spot correction unit, origin, reference, replot unit, main control unit,
> meteorological unit, H/R unit, amplifiers, terminal boards, and blowers.
> Elapsed time: 5 minutes.
>
> [then run away]

How about what should be line 0, using the gun to prevent the rest of
the instructions being necessary?
-- 
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram_at_cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked me if I had any
firearms with me.  I said "Well, what do you need?"  --  Steven Wright
Received on Wed Sep 23 1998 - 01:35:45 BST

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