Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!houxm!hjuxa!petsd!moncol!john From: john@moncol.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Re: More 1130/1403 stuff Message-ID: <466@moncol.UUCP> Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 17:05:18 EST Article-I.D.: moncol.466 Posted: Tue Mar 3 17:05:18 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 6-Mar-87 22:12:54 EST References: <828@mtx5d.UUCP> Reply-To: john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) Organization: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 Lines: 25 In article <828@mtx5d.UUCP> hbb@mtx5d.UUCP writes: >Although this doesn't quite rank with the more ingenious anecdotes >already posted, I have a recollection to contribute to the pot. > >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! There was a few months between when we last used our 1130 and when it was hauled away for scrap. During that time, the student operators had a pizza party in the same room where the 1130 resided. As I recall, we kept the pizzas warm by firing up the 1130 and putting the boxes of pizza inside the 1132 printer. Never have found a better pizza warmer... -- Name: John Ruschmeyer US Mail: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 Phone: (201) 571-3557 UUCP: ...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john ...!princeton!moncol!john ...!pesnta!moncol!john Is this article or what???