Re: Moth in relay! Urban myth?

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From: mcin... David McIntyre
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1990 19:48

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In article <1990Feb4.0...@agate.berkeley.edu> (Brad Sherman) writes:
>
>I have heard a number of versions of a story about a moth
>flying into a relay of an early electro-mechanical computer.
>The moth gets taped into the system log book.
>The use of "bug" meaning computer problem is born.
>

Well, I won't try to make you believe this, I will just tell you who
told me the story: Commodore Grace Hopper!  Well, she was there!
She was running that computer!  She did a lot of firsts!  I am not
going to tell her she is wrong!
					-Dave

Dave "mr question" McIntyre     |      "....say you're thinking about a plate
mcin...@turing.cs.rpi.edu      |       of shrimp.....and someone says to
office : 518-276-8633		|	you 'plate,' or 'shrimp'......"

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From: mcin...@turing.cs.rpi.edu (David McIntyre)
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