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This reminds me of the “drop fix” for the sparc station where people would pick up the box and drop it to reseat the PROMs.
by defaultcompany 1y ago
This reminds me of the “drop fix” for the sparc station where people would pick up the box and drop it to reseat the PROMs.
- badc0ffee 1y agoApparently you also had to do this with the Apple ///.
- linsomniac 1y agoAmiga had a similar issue. One of the chips (fat Agnes IIRC?) didn't quite fit in the socket correctly, and a common fix was to pull out the drive mechanisms and drop the chassis something like a foot onto a carpeted floor. Somewhat related, one morning I was in the office early and an accounting person came in and asked me for help, her computer wouldn't turn on and I was the only other one in the office. I went over, poked the power button and nothing happened. This was on a PC clone. She has a picture of her daughter on top of the computer, so I picked it up, gave the computer a good solid whack on the side, sat the picture down and poked the power button and it came to life. We call this: Percussive Engineering