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Ah cool! I never got the reference. I like: CML Compute Meaning of Life What's the bet its opcode is 0x2A ? :P
by shermanyo 10y ago
Ah cool! I never got the reference.
I like:
CML Compute Meaning of Life
What's the bet its opcode is 0x2A ? :P
- King-Aaron 10y agoI quite like: EJD d,v Eject disk in drive d with initial velocity v This would be pretty handy at times.
- chiph 10y agoI used to work with a system that had replaceable disk packs -- think 18" diameter removable hard drives transported in a plastic dome. They had read heads that were driven by a linear motor, which was an absolutely huge electromagnet. Extended use would sometimes "walk" the equipment out of position (much like an out-of-balance washing machine), so it was common to put rubber doorstops under it to prevent this. One of the drive tests performed during maintenance was a random seek. Normally, the head position was controlled by a servo with a feedback loop, but this one time the servo failed and the magnet drove the head assembly out the back of the equipment and into the wall .. right at crotch height. There was a supplemental maintenance instruction issued shortly afterward to limit the use of that procedure, and to not stand behind the equipment when it was being run.
- digi_owl 10y agoPresent day computing seems less exciting, unless you have something like a PSU shortcircuit.
- mikeash 10y agoI don't know, failure modes these days could include exciting bugs like "drive to the nearest large concentration of pedestrians and ram it at top speed." You just need to find the right field.
- King-Aaron 10y agoI don't know, avionics seem to have a bit of a "wow" factor when they go wrong...
- DrScump 10y agoNo, that should be the return value.