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[LOAFIE]

Thats gold Dj

[DjPete]

"I don't think you can arrange the icons again by penis"
rotfl

[ROD]

Dont worey not just computers i sat in a brand new commodore once after installing a cd player thinking what the F__k have i done, why want this thng start i must of pulled stereo out two more times over a period of 4 hours to relise i had the thing in drive

[BUSGO]

That is SOOOOO true to life DJ.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

I hope the next shift comes in before the dude gets back from his meeting though.

[BUSGO]

Here is a link that is chocka block full of funny computer stories that should keep DJ and others out of trouble for a while. Just select a subject and get ready for a chuckle.
http://rinkworks.com/stupid/

[Missy_Moo]

There was the time when at work we had SAP, black screens, green text.... Well we kinda painted the monitor black on this guy who wasn't very computer savvy.... & sat back waiting to see how long it would be.

Well the week went by before he reported it....

Funnier still was the tech testing away for a loooooooong time, before he clicked.


we had quite a group sitting on the top deck watching, laughing....

[Missy_Moo]

Then there was the time a mate made a simple text box popup program, where we would target users..... type in their id and this popup box would appear on their monitor.

For a long time, I would send texts saying "God is watching you!"

Even funnier when they reported it to the techs.... who were dumbfounded.

Really funny sitting there at the group of computers talking to the poor dude who was getting the popups.....personalised...... and seeing him freak out.

Ah the fun lasted for sooooo long.


heh heh heh

[Banter]

Good cartoons Pete....



Here is another true life experience.

Back in the early 80's the Air Force had a minicomputer system called a Perkin Elmer minicomputer with input terminals that could be ganged up and used in data entry rooms where the operators all sat in rows and typed in the data from handwritten forms that were gathered from all over the base.
The hardware was called Interdata and the terminals were called Visual Display Units ( VDU )s.
They consisted of a very bulky CRT and a very bulky keyboard.
No such thing as a mouse back then...
Anyway the keyboard was like a very large hollow box with a standard QWERTY keypad on top. It had a hole underneath to allow for ventilation. (Yes even keyboards used to get warm).

We had a contract for hardware maintenance and the rep used to come and do a monthly hardware inspection and service.

On one of these days, one of the younger girls went out to the loo or somewhere while the techo was doing his visit. He rushed over and fiddled with her keyboard for a bit and unplugged it from the back of the screen. Then when she came back she complained that her VDU would not respond when she typed.

He came over and picked up the keyboard and shook it.

All these dry pasta type letters came spewing out of the bottom of it and she jumped back in shock.
He said theres your problem, the letters have all come loose!

The whole room erupted and she said
"HOW THE f*** DID I DO THAT?"

Hi Busgo, did you do any support on Prime while in the Air force?
Banter

[BUSGO]

Hi Banter,
I think Prime and/or Interdata took over the Perkin Elmer name at some stage.
We had a Prime mainframe at the smelter where I worked after the RAAF but it was mainly involved in the plant operations and control functions.
If I remember correctly it had a water cooled cpu box.
(Maybe that was another one).
I left the RAAF in 96/97 so it is going back a bit now.