Re: things in diskdrive

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From: mo... Robert Mokry
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 1990 20:46

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In article <1990Sep6.1...@ctr.columbia.edu> mo...@ctr.columbia.edu (Robert Mokry) writes:
>>No problem, I answered. When I examine the
>>computer, I found a;
>>CREDIT CARD!!!
>
>I once heard that a customer brought in a computer, and it had a gerbil
>stuck in the disk drive.  ;-)

And did you know that if you put a large disk drive in the middle of a
suspension bridge (using very long cables to connect it to the
computer), you can move the heads at a particular frequency so that
first the drive rocks back and forth, and then the whole bridge starts
oscillating till it collapses.  What fun.

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From: mo...@ctr.columbia.edu (Robert Mokry)
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Subject: Re: things in diskdrive
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Date: 11 Sep 90 20:46:46 GMT
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