[rescue] replacing an Ultra2
Charles Shannon Hendrix
shannon at widomaker.com
Tue Apr 24 10:19:27 CDT 2007
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 @ 16:35 -0400, Carl R. Friend said:
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Bill Bradford wrote:
>
> > While it may seem unorthodox to replace a CPU while sitting on
> > the floor [...]
>
> Some of my best work has been done whilst sitting on the floor.
> On some machines it's the only way to get at certain components
> (KI-10 memory interface logic, for instance).
Years ago some people at work were evidently on a large manhunt to find
me, though I didn't know it at the time.
I had crawled into one of the computers because it was easier to work on
from the inside.
> > We're not exactly "normal".
>
> Hey!
>
> I prefer to think that we're perfectly normal for the circles
> we travel in, and the hobbies that we happen to have. Everybody
> else is "odd".
For example, when the waitress asks if you want house or caesar salad,
why isn't the answer yes?
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