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Started by quod... Peter Quodling
Thu, 25 Jan 1990 14:27
Re: Smoke
Author: quod... Peter Quodling
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1990 14:27
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1990 14:27
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In article <13...@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, jwbi...@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Webster Birdsall) writes...
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{ The recent posting about the klutz and his adventures with the VAX
{and static electricity brings to mind something that (almost) happened
{to me a couple summers ago when I was doing PC repair for IBM...
{ When I first started, I asked the permanent employees, "What happens
{if you put something in wrong? Does it go up in smoke?" and they all
{said, "Nah. It just doesn't work."
Of course all good techos know that computers don't run on electricity, they
run on smoke. Let the smoke out of the chips and they stop working... Simple...
Peter Quodling Internet: quod...@blumon.enet.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation UUCP: ...!decwrl!blumon.enet!quodling
Nashua, NH. I disclaim everything!!!
Re: Smoke
Author: kir... Timo Kiravuo
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1990 13:16
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1990 13:16
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In article <77...@shlump.nac.dec.com> quod...@bunyip.dec.com (Peter Quodling) writes: >Of course all good techos know that computers don't run on electricity, they >run on smoke. Let the smoke out of the chips and they stop working... Simple... Yeah, and the real problem is how to get the smoke back in to the chips... -- Timo Kiravuo Helsinki University of Technology, Computer Center Tel: work 451 4328, home 676 076, Fax 466 251; Intl. add +358 0 kir...@hut.fi sorvi::kiravuo kiravuo...@uunet.uu.net
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