On May 26, 12:28, Fred Cisin wrote:
> On Wed, 26 May 2004, Joe R. wrote:
> > connectors and gender menders. But I got to wondering what is the
strangest
> > thing that anyone has ever found inside a computer or similar piece
of
> > electronics gear.
>
> folding money in a disused floppy drive? - gives added meaning to
> "best price", or "how much would you pay me to take it away?"
A penny (a large British one) inside a Commodore PET; it was the cause
of the shorted PSU and blown fuse.
I've often found extra screws rattling around inside things. Paper
clips are pretty common, as are biscuit crumbs and bits of crisp
("potato chips", you colonists call them, I believe).
The worst was the dust in an 11/23 I was once called out to fix. It
wouldn't boot (which turned out to be because it was overheating).
When I slid the cover off the BA11-N, it looked like a large grey
brick. I explained to the owners that having it on the floor under the
reception desk was perhaps not the best place for this hotel's call
logger and billing system.
But the strangest must be the 1?" No.8 woodscrew inside an RK05 pack.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Wed May 26 2004 - 19:43:39 BST