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From: minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: apocryphal story about ESS crashes - can someone confirm it?
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Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 18:06:24 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 25 18:06:24 1985
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The version I heard -- many, many years ago -- was that, when the
first electronic office was installed outside Chicago (Morton Grove),
the engineers were so happy with the fancy flashing lights (gas tube
switchers) that switch panels were visible from the reception area.
When the press came to see it, their flashbulbs triggered all the
tubes at once.  And every phone in the exchange rang at once.

They had to turn power off to clear things up.

A curtain was installed the next day.

Martin Minow
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