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- From: markm@ee.ubc.ca (mark milligan)
- Subject: Re: 500,000 hour MTBF!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.172208.23259@ee.ubc.ca>
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- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- References: <5csFVB1w164w@hub.parallan.com> <Bz6Kp0.7F7@ddsw1.mcs.com> <37841@cbmvax.commodore.com> <BzErvG.43q@ddsw1.mcs.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:22:08 GMT
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- In article <BzErvG.43q@ddsw1.mcs.com>, karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger) writes:
- > In article <37841@cbmvax.commodore.com> jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell
- > >> BTW, the MTTR (mean
- > >>time to repair) on those failures was < 30 minutes in all cases but one --
- > >>the one out of warranty failure was caused by a cockroach (!) infestation
- > >>which precipitated a short circuit in the logic (cockroaches have to go to
- > >>the bathroom too). Yes, it was disgusting :-)
- > >
- > > Eeewwww! Pray tell, _how_ did this happen? Did you manage to find
- > >the one special variety of roach that apparently has a liking to wire
- > >insulation?
- >
- > No, they apparently liked the warm environment of the system unit (above
- > ambient); this was in a rather cool warehouse. It appeared that an entire
- > colony had taken up residence inside the machine with obvious results.
- >
- > It was seriously disgusting. I fumigated my car when I got the thing back
- > to the shop and discovered what was wrong with it :-)
- >
- > --
- > Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, <well-connected>!ddsw1!karl)
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- I had a family of mice take up in my computer once. Quite the mess with mouse
- piss all over the motherboard YEACH!!!.
-
- Mark M.
-