From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!esquire!brl-bmd!mike
Newsgroups: net.general
Title: Re: Computational injuries - (nf)
Article-I.D.: brl-bmd.390
Posted: Tue Oct 12 23:06:05 1982
Received: Sun Oct 17 22:21:58 1982

#R:burdvax:-21800:brl-bmd:2800001:000:700
brl-bmd!mike    Oct 11 12:09:00 1982

Hardware people seem to get chewed up quite a bit.  Some of the
culprits are:

*)  Cards with inadequate extractors.  The back of the cards frequently
    eat not only hands, but cables too!

*)  Inadequate provisions for cable routing.  And always near sharp
    metal edges.

*)  Inconvienient cabinet design, requiring you to "climb in" to access
    adjustments.  (Ex:  PDP-11 power supply, voltage adjustment).

Maybe some day hardware manufacturers will be more aware of the
issues involved with making equipment easy to service....

(Raised floors are good sources of injury, too!  Plenty of sharp edges
just waiting to chomp on man or cable)
				-Mike Muuss
				Ballistic Research Laboratory