Here's one for the DEC engineers

From: Jerome Fine <jhfine_at_idirect.com>
Date: Wed Nov 8 22:33:29 2000

>ajp166 wrote:

> >I was told that while working on an 11/34A, one fellow from DEC
> >Field Circus blew all the boards in the backplane when he removed
> >the memory - seems that he forgot to turn off the power!!
> My favorite is a Field Circus CE arrives at site and while walking
> through the room he picks a likely cab to lay his stuff on. Then
> proceeds to ask where is this HSC thingie. Rumor has it the
> manager of the site was seen escorting the CE out the door
> with great vigor.

Jerome Fine replies:

I had to read it 5 times before I realized that the "cab" and the
"HSC thingie" were the same. Subtle. Very good. I had a
much better laugh as a result. More at myself, of course.

Sincerely yours,

Jerome Fine
Received on Wed Nov 08 2000 - 22:33:29 GMT