PC form factor

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Fri Jul 2 22:24:46 1999

> Side note: In '88 I had a gig with Gulf Oil/Cumberland Farms. Being a True
> Blue shop, MIS insisted on nothing less than PS/2-80s at forty loading
> terminals. About three months after installation, the floppies began to
> fail. Inspection revealed that since Big Blue, in their wisdom, had failed
> to build the little closure flap into the drives (probably saved them 10
> cents per unit), these machines were not suitable for use in an industrial
> environment without modification (replacing the drive).

As one who has spend quite a bit of time in industrial environments, I
would say that MIS department was a bunch of Bozos for not getting
industrial machines. Basically ANY floppy that spends its life at a
loading dock is going to die very quickly, followed in short order by the
power supply and keyboard.

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Fri Jul 02 1999 - 22:24:46 BST