Japanese computers

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Bob Bradlee wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 06:53:31 -0700, vrs wrote:
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>>From: "Bob Bradlee" <Bob at BRADLEE.ORG>
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>>>In the referb center we pushed them off moving vans and
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>>No wonder there are so few of these machines left ;-)!
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>>(I have always heard that the van should be stopped, and 
>>the machine lowered slowly :-).)
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>>   Vince
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> Takes the fun out of it :)
> 
> We had a 158 come in one day, we had one of those back into
> the building and down a hill kind of loading docks.
> While waiting for his turn, one driver began "preping to unload"
> in the lot. When it came his turn he came in a bit fast and a MG 
> came off the back of the truck when he hit the stops hard. 
> This was before the dock hand could put the flat ramp in place 
> to cover over the "gap" between truck and dock.
> I answered a cattle call to help getting it back on a smooth surface 
> where the casters acted as wheels and not as keyways.
> 
> There was a story where one of the other FE's dropped an MG 
> over the edge into an open floor section during installation.
> I was assured that it was not fun to lift it back up to floor level.

Where were you working at the time?

Peace...  Sridhar