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- From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
- Subject: Re: World's Toughest Computers
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.022623.5267@geovision.gvc.com>
- Reply-To: pt@geovision.gvc.com
- Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
- References: <1992Nov19.190739.18948@rchland.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:26:23 GMT
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- jdahl@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jared Dahl) writes:
-
- >Which computers do you consider the most rugged? Why?
- >What are some stories that you have heard about them?
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- >I have two stories for you about the IBM AS/400's ruggedness:
- [heard them before]
-
- A couple of years ago (actually - more like 5 or 6 years), a tornado hit
- Calgary (or was it Edmonton - geez I'm getting old). A building collapsed
- onto a running IBM System/36. After it was dug out, they took the sides of
- the cabinet off, HOSED IT DOWN to get rid of the dirt, and when it dried
- out, vacuumed it out and it booted with no lost data!
-
- --
- Paul Tomblin, pt@geovision.gvc.com
- (This is not an official opinion/statement of GeoVision Systems Inc.)
- "Ok dear, want me to call the bike shop and see if they'll sponsor your
- mid-life crisis?" "Yeah. Ask them if they'll upgrade my shifters, too"
-