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Re: why I love the HP 3000: reason # 120
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John Lee <[log in to unmask]>
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John Lee <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 21 Sep 2000 10:41:52 -0500
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You didn't used to work in a missile silo did you, Stan??:):)

At 06:20 PM 9/20/00 -0700, Stan Sieler wrote:
>Hi,
>
>So, I'm about to add some memory to one of our HP 3000s.  I reach over to
turn
>off the power strip (each of our 3000s and 9000s has a powerstrip
dedicated to it,
>and clearly labelled).
>
>...and I flip the wrong strip's switch to "off".
>
>Panic!
>
>Wait...
>
>Since it was for a 3000/927LX, I just turned the power strip back on, and
>the system came with with a "power fail" message at the console.
>
>Sigh.
>
>--
>Stan Sieler                                           [log in to unmask]
>www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html                  www.sieler.com
>
>

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