>figuring out which wire was wrapped too tightly around a nearby 
>pin, eventually causing the insulation to "creep" and short the 
>signal. (This in the late 1980s, well beyond 'expected lifetime' 
>of such a computer.)

So, built in obsolescence , even then ... ;)
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