In the late 70s I installed a couple of HP 2000 on Xmas Island
(indian Ocean - not Pacific), and later replaced them with 3000s - 42s I
think. This job went to HP because they were the ONLY supplier willing to
provide a hardware support contract at all - everybody else wanted T&M. The
engineers would fly out 3 1/2 hours NW from Perth (OZ), and not be able to
get out again for 5-7 days. While they were actively working on any aspect
of the systems, their time was free in the contract. As soon as they
finished work (and played golf, drank etc), they were charged at HPs std
hourly rate. Needless to say, the systems got lots of TLC while they were
there.
        Anyway,
        The major wild life hazards here were geckos falling off the roof
onto the bed at night, and red crabs swarming everywhere when they hatched.
        Every now and then we would find a dead red crab under the cpu - it
could crawl under the compuer room door (up to a certain age), but not find
its way out again. They were also a hazerd on the golf course - they would
steal the balls and take off with them if you were'nt quick enough to reach
them.
        The funniest thing that happened at this site was the A/C failure
warning system. Being tropical and a bit warm, there was a big bell and
flashing red light outside the office building that signalled unacceptable
temperature rise in the computer room. It went off one evening while we were
taking refreshments in the bar, and by the time we got down to it, the light
housing was melting - the bulb was far too high a wattage! So the over temp
warning system had a temperature failure of its own.