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From: jr@bbncc5.UUCP (John Robinson)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: more crash capers
Message-ID: <2203@bbncc5.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 23:20:05 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 10 23:20:05 1986
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Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, MA
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Summary: 90 deg., but it keeps right on ticking

In article <2020@gondor.UUCP> okunewck@gondor.UUCP (Philip E. OKunewick) writes:
>On one of these trips, our service tech arrived on a relatively hot
>day, and found the cause of many of our troubles - the temperature
>in the computer room was about 90 degrees, and the computer was in
>no mood to operate properly.

I remember taking one of our (ahem) fault-tolerant machines to the NY
colisseum for an NCC; must have been about 1979.  Once the people
started streaming in, the temperature indoors climbed right up to 90
and stayed there for 3 days; only from 8-9 in the morning was it cool
enough for things to run.  Of course, we had put in the quiet fans for
the show.

Funny thing is, no one noticed.  Folks would wander up and read the
handout, see the one light (saying "idle") and the humming printer
terminals, ask a few questions, and walk away impressed!  If only real
customers would be so forgiving...

/jr