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Article #311VW computer (Was Re: Cyber madness)
From: Martin Taylor
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 22:55
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 22:55
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--Now, fun time: young CE comes in, fixes a problem with the Cyber. Happens
--to see this long, blue wire, which is about 45 feet too long. Being a
--bright boy, he realises he can replace it with a 5 foot long wire he has in
--his equipment. Does so, does some initial tests, they pass, and leaves.
--Cyber gets rebooted to run real (multiuser) stuff. Strangely, it's not
--behaving properly! The registers are all screwed up! How *strange*!
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--Sean Eric Fagan
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The VW 410 (?) was one of the first cars to have computer-controlled fuel
injection (or something like that). A friend had one, which would never
start if the temperature was near 0C. After many trips to the warranty
shop, the service manager found out about the problem, to which he knew
from experience the solution. This was to remove one of the wires serving
as computer input from some sensor or other. The car worked beautifully
after that, until the next service check, when ...
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Martin Taylor (m...@zorac.dciem.dnd.ca ...!uunet!dciem!mmt) (416) 635-2048
If the universe transcends formal methods, it might be interesting.
(Steven Ryan).
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