Re: Erwin Allen Exploding Computer Story Award

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1 total messages Started by Greg Goss Tue, 09 Oct 1990 15:23

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Author: Greg Goss
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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