Re: Moth in relay! Urban myth?

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From: mik... Mike McManus
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1990 00:53

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In article <15...@east.East.Sun.COM> sgo...@pyrite.East.Sun.COM (Steve Golson) writes:
>
>   From _Annals of the History of Computing_ v10n4 1989 p. 340:
>
>       The First Bug
>
>       Grace Murray Hopper, Captain, USNR
>       NAVDAC
>       Washington DC 20374
>
>  [bug story deleted]
>
>  I'm delighted to report that the first bug still exists; it is in
>  the Naval Museum at the Naval Surface Weapons Center in Dahlgren, Virginia.

I have a 1-page summary of what is described in Steve'e posting, along with a
picture of the logbook page, that I evidently tore out of a _Reader's Digest_
many years back.  I have it pinned above my terminal.  At least it makes me
*LOOK* like a Real Hacker[tm] when people walk into my cube. :-)
--
Disclaimer: All spelling and/or grammer in this document are guaranteed to be
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Subject: Re: Moth in relay! Urban myth?
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