Oops, sorry, I forgot the tag...... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark E. Skeels" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 1:04 PM Subject: Mot Exorciser > Remember the Mot Exerciser dev box? > > We bought one of those that had an inherent bunch of bugs. > > In those days, a Mot tech would show up dressed in a Mot service uniform. > Blue shirt, dark blue pants. > > They looked like Maytag repairmen.... > > But the difference between them and HP..... > > They never did fix the box........:-) > > Mark > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John J. McDonough" > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 12:17 PM > Subject: Re: [OT] The HP I miss... > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mark E. Skeels" >> Subject: [OT] The HP I miss... >> >> >>> I got to sit with the tech as he went through the scope; it was really >> cool. >> >> Years and years ago, I had an HP computer. This thing was a beast full >> of >> huge circuit boards, perhaps 10x12" or so, each one just chock full of >> goodies. >> >> One time our building was struck by lightning an the plotter quit >> working. >> I don't recall exactly how, but I isolated the problem to the plotter >> interface card. >> >> Well, the HP tech shows up, spreads this huge schematic out that covered >> the >> whole table, spent just a few minutes on it and says "it has to be that >> transistor right there". Pops out the board, solders in a new >> transistor, >> and we were on our way. I was impressed! >> >> Can you imagine any tech doing component level repair of anything on the >> customer site these days? Most of the time you are lucky if they can >> recognize the device, let alone the boards in it. >> >> --McD >> >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist