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- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: Computer Superstition
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.235819.5597@nezsdc.icl.co.nz>
- From: andrewb@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Andrew Bevin)
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 23:58:19 GMT
- References: <10292323.7317.11306@kcbbs.gen.nz>
- Organization: Fujitsu New Zealand
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- >In article <10292323.7317.11306@kcbbs.gen.nz> writes:
- >> We've all heard of common superstitions such as not walking under
- >ladders
- >> and throwing salt over your left shoulder if you spill some, but are
- >> there any superstitions to do with computers?
-
- I had a Mac with the now infamous sticky 40 meg drive. The drive would
- occassionally stick when first started. A Apple engineer showed me how
- to overcome the problem. It involved picking up the mac and giving it
- a sharp twist, at which point the disk would spin up and the mac would
- start booting.
-
- People were quite bemused when I had to demonstrate this before being able
- to use the Mac.
-
- --
- Andrew Bevin andrewb@icl.co.nz
- SDC, Fujitsu New Zealand ## I do not speak for Fujitsu! ##
- Auckland, New Zealand
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