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From: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: computer follies
Message-ID: <1487@garth.UUCP>
Date: 28 Sep 88 21:13:22 GMT
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Reply-To: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan)
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>I have a feeling that someone made sure that the paper was running low, because
>the paper ran out and the printer responded as usual BY LIFTING THE COVER!
>By the time anyone knew what was happening, it was too late and half
>a dozen cups of coffee slid down the printer cover and splashed all over the
>wall, floor, output listings, etc.

At my previous job, line printers (512s) which did not open automatically
were used for many years and then replaced with line printers (580s) which
did. A rumour was that one of the operators had left an 814 disc pack on top of
of 580 when it ran out of paper.