Computer lab, Los Angeles Valley College, circa 1981, during finals time, early evening.
A frustrated older gentleman, speaking with professor, starts talking with his hands. Punches air for emphasis, hits Big Red Button - this one controlled all the TSO and Prime terminals in the student area. One of the campus police officers (who hung out at the lab because it was centrally located and inhabited at night) had to escort him from the building. An electrician had to be called from home, and he found out they did not have some replacement part in their store - turns out this was the first time in umpteen years that a emergency power off button had been activated. We weren't back up until noon the next day. Within a week, Plexiglas covers were installed over all 3 buttons in the lab... -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Friday June 24 2005 12:50 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: HALON et al > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duffy, Peter > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 2:44 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: HALON et al <snip> > > Any good Big Red Button stories? Hehehehe Seen my share of those. > Had Two operators playing "volleyball" with a coke can. Can went high over the first operator's head. Right into the computer room's emergency power off button. Next week, there is a big block of wood with a hole as big around as an adult's thumb over the button. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
