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From: quod... Peter Quodling
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1990 14:27

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In article <13...@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, jwbi...@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Webster Birdsall) writes...
{ 
{   The recent posting about the klutz and his adventures with the VAX
{and static electricity brings to mind something that (almost) happened
{to me a couple summers ago when I was doing PC repair for IBM...
{   When I first started, I asked the permanent employees, "What happens
{if you put something in wrong? Does it go up in smoke?" and they all
{said, "Nah. It just doesn't work."

Of course all good techos know that computers don't run on electricity, they
run on smoke. Let the smoke out of the chips and they stop working... Simple...

Peter Quodling		         Internet:     quod...@blumon.enet.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation    UUCP: ...!decwrl!blumon.enet!quodling
Nashua, NH.                      I disclaim everything!!!

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