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From: mlloyd@maths.tcd.ie (Michael Lloyd)
Newsgroups: rec.humor,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for Computer Folklore
Message-ID: <555@maths.tcd.ie>
Date: 13 Feb 89 17:31:06 GMT
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Reply-To: mlloyd@maths.tcd.ie (Michael Lloyd)
Organization: Maths Dept., Trinity College, Dublin
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Anyone remember the Act Sirius 1 machine?  It was expensive, powerful and
pre-PC, and totally failed to take off (despite impressive graphics).

Anyway, the story was reported that many users complained of inability to
boot off the supplied system disks.  The response was always the same - the
user must have caused magnetic damage.  Apparently, they claimed that a 
common source of this was to leave the disks next to an old (mechanical bell)
telephone for more than six rings!

Eventually the truth came out - they were indeed shipping blank system disks!
Someone in Quality Control went quite red!

Mike.

-- 
Mike Lloyd, Dept of Statistics, |"Does anyone understand what is happening? ..
Trinity College, Dublin,        |  They tell me this is living -
Ireland.                        |   They tell me this is LIFE!"
(mlloyd@maths.tcd.ie)           | - Michael Been, of "The Call"