>I remember a 1403 control. unit where the CE pounded on it with a big hard >rubber mallet, and then it started working again. Very interesting stuff back >then.
It's called 'percussive maintenance'. If it don't work, belt it. We had a few GANDALF terminals hooked up to a Honeywell Level 66, in first year university, that required that kind of care. But, things got so bad, the computer centre put up signs threatening to make students liable for damages and that treatment grounds for expulsion. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
