[DUG] [DUG-Offtopic] new PC

[John Bird]

I also early on used PDPs for nearly 10 years.....tall rack mounted one.   I still remember how I cursed when it had to be moved from one building to next door, when I found out the rack was 1/4" taller than the lift doors.   That meant the whole thing had to be dissasembled to move it.

The PDP was the only computer I came across smart enough to put this error message as it died  - on a console screen when someone accidentally turned of the main system power.

"?MON-F-Power Failure"

Thats the computer equivalent of Shakespeare  "The rest is silence"

It ended up in a dump bin in the mid 1990's.   But not for long.  Most of it was taken by scavengers by the next morning.  Hope they knew what they were getting!

John
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