On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:47 AM, David Purdy <dpurd...@aol.com> wrote:
> >>>Is that even possible for 1980 era hardware? > > -Not sure about parts, but in 1989 at Tektronix, we turned off supposedly > the last 168 (MP of course) running west of the Mississippi. We had about a > half-dozen CE's there, who wanted a picture taken with each powering down > the frame. After the first one did the power-off, the sucker wouldn't come > back up, even with the half-dozen working on it for 30 minutes. Didn't shed > a tear about it - those SMB APARS were a PITA. And there were no parts > locally in Portland. > I probably once knew what SMB was, but nowadays my brain says "Small/Medium Business" or "Server Message(ing?) Block". What was it then? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
