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Article #5289Re: Erwin Allen Exploding Computer Story Award
From: Greg Goss
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 1990 15:23
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 1990 15:23
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I remember the time that a 4" pipe burst at SAIT, running a XEROX mainframe (with a "Honeywell logo pasted on the side after XEROX got out of mainframes). I was waiting for my printout when I heard a thin, digital-watch-ish melody, playing out "The Star Spangled Banner". To this day, nobody who wasn't there believes me. There was water running (not dripping, a steady stream) into one of the tape controllers, and I guess the system wanted to make sure the operators STOOD UP in a hurry. It's too bad that we don't react that way to the American national anthem in Calgary. .../greg
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