[GreenKeys] OT: URL of the week

[Dave Wade]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net <greenkeys-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Dave Horsfall
> Sent: 16 April 2020 04:20
> To: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] OT: URL of the week
> 
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2020, Jeffrey Angus wrote:
> 
> > On a related note: The Bastard Operator from Hell."
> > <http://bofh.bjash.com/>
> 
> Love it!
> 


Perhaps I was the Systems Programmer from hell....
... On the 1st of April slip a few extra cards into the IPL deck. When the
operators issue the command to start the printer the punch starts...
... Extra cards moved all the device names round....

... Also nice 9-track mag tape mini reel with tape wound on in wrong
direction. Give it to trainee ops, tell them it has something important on
like directors' expenses..
.. Normal mount procedure is to feed tape through head, wind on take up
spool so it grips. Activate vacuum.  Unwind more tape so it drops into
columns, enable drive.
The drive then searches for the Beginning of Tape (BOT) marker a strip of
foil on the tape. Because tape is wound wrong way drive then gets confused
because yes the sensors 
show where tape is in vacuum columns but when drive tries to adjust loop the
tape moves the wrong way. 
If it tries to move the loop up the column it goes down and you get a couple
of nice creases in the tape as it hits the bottom.
If it tries to move it down it goes up and you get a nice stretched
tape.....

The big 9-track drives are awesome. A few big motors hidden in there...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lh4CMz_Z6M

Dave
G4UGM


> -- Dave VK2KFU, who used to be a BOfH
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