[rescue] Accidentally destroying hardware..

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 01:50:48PM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 02:40:33PM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >   Oh Christ I *HATE* that sound.  One day I was replacing a hard disk
> > controller in a Pro350 one of those for a customer, and I happened
> > upon a particularly loud one...I thought "Oh SHIT I just destroyed
> > this multi-hundred-buck board..."  Most disconcerting.
> 
> Poll:
> 
> Whats the most expensive piece of equipment you've 
> accidentally destroyed, and gotten away with it without having
> to pay for it?

The VERY special IBM OpenGL card that we had just yanked out of a
pre-production RS6000.  

I walked into the carpeted office and said, wow that must be the DAC -
and touched it with the tip of my finger.

ZAPPPP!!!!

shipping damage, I guess ...

Cordially

Patrick Giagnocavo
patrick at zill.net