That twist-tie ECO process sounds aerospace-grade. I saw things like that from IBM, just from their later Power AIX workstations. For mission-critical computi

That twist-tie ECO process sounds aerospace-grade. I saw things like that from IBM, just from their later Power AIX workstations. For mission-critical computing companies, there was lots of process intended not to have anything slip through the cracks. The first memory that comes to mind was actually DEC (or was it HP?), who, to send a single sheet of paper (e.g., for a license key), would routinely use an entire shipping box. Paper would be shrink-wrapped or poly-bagged, with a sheet of cardboard. Plus a packing list, itemizing not only that one sheet of paper, but also itemizing all the shipping supplies to be used. Not very efficient in some sense, but if it avoided a single mission-critical incident for a customer, I suppose it was worthwhile.