Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]

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From: Caj the Ambiguous
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 21:13

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Eric Bennett (ericb@psu.edu) spewed forth the following profound insight:

==> c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku) writes:

==> >Really? Here at UBC you can get a job "babysitting" in the Mac lab. Why
==> >is that job needed?

==> One good reason for lab ops is to prevent people from stealing expensive 
==> equipment.  Last semester at PSU someone walked out of a public lab with a 
==> flatbed scanner :).

==> -Ericb@psu.edu

	Tee-hee.  In one of our residence hall computer labs, someone popped
open a MacIntosh and stole the SIMMs.  I am still puzzled as to why he didn't
just snip the cable (unless he knew nobody would notice for a long time ;-).

	I also wonder exactly when they did it.
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Subject: Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]
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Date: 2 Aug 1995 16:13:42 -0500
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