Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!cuuxb!dlm From: dlm@cuuxb.ATT.COM (Dennis L. Mumaugh) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: computer follies Summary: Yet another tape story Message-ID: <2045@cuuxb.ATT.COM> Date: 2 Sep 88 23:47:18 GMT References: <5856@ihlpf.ATT.COM> <627@uwovax.uwo.ca> Reply-To: dlm@cuuxb.UUCP (Dennis L. Mumaugh) Organization: ATT Data Systems Group, Lisle, Ill. Lines: 33 In article <5856@ihlpf.ATT.COM>, trdill@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Diller) writes: > > If you have any funny stories like this let me know, I'd be > interested in them. OK, my tape story. This happened to me. I was in a hurry to do a restore of some archived files. I put the tape on the DEC TU16 drive. In doing so I failed to lock the reel firmly and as I was in a hurry I didn't shut the door. [It works with the door open.] Shortly after I started the tape restore, the reel latch popped open, the reel fell to the floor and started rooling along the computer room floor. Meanwhile, the vacuum column was still working and fulling tape off the reel and the drive is reading the tape. And, the reel is being pulled along the floor resulting in it unrolling, etc. And of course four people are running around trying to catch the tape, turn-off the drive and abort the command. After that the tape drive instructions said: 1). Place reel on drive. 2). Tighten reel lock 3). Press load 4). Tighten reel lock 5). Press on-line 6). Tighten reel lock ... -- =Dennis L. Mumaugh Lisle, IL ...!{att,lll-crg}!cuuxb!dlm OR cuuxb!dlm@arpa.att.com