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From: Philip.Belben_at_pgen.com <(Philip.Belben_at_pgen.com)>
Date: Mon Jan 4 10:15:38 1999

>> And you had to re-solder some inter-board connecting wires on the core
>> memory modules. IIRC these wires were little strips of springy stuff.
>
> I'm not sure I count faults that _I've_ caused. The core memory soldering
> failed when I dismanted a core module to show some people how it worked.
> Had I left it assembled it would probably have carried on working.

Perhaps it would. But that doesn't mean you caused the fault. A dry joint
is still a fault; even if you are the one who makes it lose contact, it
wasn't you who made the joint dry...

Philip.
Received on Mon Jan 04 1999 - 10:15:38 GMT