[Info-vax] OT: the Daily WTF for today is a VAX/VMS story

[David Froble]

none William Pechter wrote:
> In article <CURRO+Hc8YZ4 at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
> Bob Koehler <koehler at eisner.nospam.decuserve.org> wrote:
>> In article <n9r179$kkd$4 at pechter.eternal-september.org>, pechter at pechter.net (William Pechter) writes:
>>> Yup and the RP06's could even share a power socket with a cable DEC shipped
>>> that let a pair of drives daisy-chain the AC power between them.
>>   Yes, but they looked like a Maytag product, and held almost as little
>>   data.
>>
> 
> Some of us liked the washing machine look... RM02/3/5 RA8x -- how boring.
> Loved the glass top.   Unfortunately Fort Monmouth painters stood on them while they were running
> back in '86 or so while they painted the data center ceiling.  Ugh.  Suicide move...
> 
> Bill
> 

Oh, never challenge "worse" ...

True story, from way back ...

Customer, LA county purchasing

DP manager walked into computer room one day, workmen were standing on running 
disk drives, and pulling asbestos out of the celling.  Almost could not see, 
there was so much dust in the air.

Good thing the system was on maintenance ....

:-)