> Jeffrey S. Sharp WROTE:
> > On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> > > In some ways he should be paying you to remove the RA81's!
> >
> > They're *that* common?
>
> Ticking time bomb. Someone decided to use
> a(n allegedly) cheaper glue even though the
> spec more or less said "do not substitute".
> The result was that a fair number of RA81s
> failed early in service.
>
> They have a bad reputation.
>
> Antonio
All the pre-REV G (*IIRC*) HDA's were ECO'd out of existance back in '86
when I worked at DEC... so they should be no problem today.
Also, the pre REV F (*IIRC*) ones had the correct glue. Nothing like
some dweeb skipping the do not substitute line and causing DEC millions
in $$ in lost sales, field service overtime, overnight and quicker
shipping.
Damned near killed the company... and probably was done by Robert
Palmer so he could dismember it and sell it off.
Bill
(bitter as hell about it)
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Received on Wed Jul 18 2001 - 09:50:06 BST