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From: hbb@mtx5d.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: More 1130/1403 stuff
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Date: Thu, 26-Feb-87 09:11:16 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 26 09:11:16 1987
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Although this doesn't quite rank with the more ingenious anecdotes
already posted, I have a recollection to contribute to the pot.

At my Alma Mater (Yeshiva University in N.Y.) the student computer
room was (is?) located in the science building which was closed on
weekends (and I mean closed, as in locked and with no heat during the
winter - brrrrr!.) But the University had it's own computer room in
the same building which had to be in operation from Sunday through
Friday (they gave him heat, though.)

At night and on weekends the operator could gain access to the building by
operating an electronic combination lock on a side entrance. Somehow,
the students always found out the combination and entered the building
to use the computer room (the university policy then was that no students
were permitted in that building when it was "closed" due to insurance
requirements, etc so the students never got the combination through
"proper" channels.)

Well, in N.Y. during the winter a brick building without heat could
chill a person right down to the bone. Fortunately we had an IBM 1130.
Even when the students discovered the UNIX OS, they still needed the
IBM 1130 - those things made great space heaters!
-- 
Harlan B. Braude
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