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Confused · 12-19-2002, 09:13 AM

My next biggest one I didn't actually do, but was neverless responsible for.

Back in the IBM 360 days we had a model 50 (with a staggering 512K of memory) fully loaded. Running 8 jobs at once, all 12 tape drives spinning and three printer running. The guy setting at console was a exciteable and nervous guy and I knew it. When his back was turned I reached around the display console and turned the brightness all the way down so that the screen was black. Well John turned around, saw the black screen, jumped about three feet, landed and hit the IPL button without checking anything. I just kinda slinked away. Took about 4 hours to recover from that one.
Chas

12-19-2002, 09:13 AM	#11
Confused Member (13 bit) Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Mt Washington, KY Posts: 4,927	My next biggest one I didn't actually do, but was neverless responsible for. Back in the IBM 360 days we had a model 50 (with a staggering 512K of memory) fully loaded. Running 8 jobs at once, all 12 tape drives spinning and three printer running. The guy setting at console was a exciteable and nervous guy and I knew it. When his back was turned I reached around the display console and turned the brightness all the way down so that the screen was black. Well John turned around, saw the black screen, jumped about three feet, landed and hit the IPL button without checking anything. I just kinda slinked away. Took about 4 hours to recover from that one. Chas __________________ I may not be much, but I'm all I think about.