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Originally posted by masraum
Not as much fun as SNA, but I like the nice long addresses.
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there was this time where there was this netware for SAA box running , back in 99, and the manager insisted that the bugger had to patched with the netware32 "upgrade" , totally ignoring my warnings about saa not beeing supported anymore and the patch most likely killin the box...guess what, it killed the box.. while i'm working at it , the clock ticks, and suddenly they tell me , btw, if this thing isn't backup in the next hour we ,shut down the plant because we need our safety procedures for the next shift... that'll cost us 250K and hour...don't let us down champ!
also had a Siemens Comet, of which they told me : if it goes down, we're screwed, those who built this thing @ Siemens retired... when you run the backup , follow each command to the letter, no mistakes !!
and obviously on day 1 of my command, i follow the backup procedure to the letter, and the rotten thing stops responding on the terminal...quick call to my predecessor : "just bang the keyboard a bit, see if it helps"
aah, the good ol days, when 'puters were still tricky , heavy and misterious...