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Reminds me of my first job processing radar data on a Masscomp mini-computer. The full processing was a bunch of simple c programs all unix piped together into
by jarl-ragnar 8y ago
Reminds me of my first job processing radar data on a Masscomp mini-computer. The full processing was a bunch of simple c programs all unix piped together into a processing chain. Simple and elegant.
We appeared to have a persistent bug though, processing left running overnight always seemed to crash. So after a couple of nights I stayed in the lab to try and see what the cause was. At 7:30pm the lab door opened and in walked the cleaner who reached down and unplugged the computer so that he could plug in the vacuum cleaner. Problem solved.
- eclipxe 8y agoDid that really happen to you or are you recounting a common tale? https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/5yrs16/the_server_keeps_going_down_at_6am/ https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/5yrs1...
- jarl-ragnar 8y agoIt really happened, bank in the early 90's. Though I imagine it was a common occurrence.